Belonochasma

Belonochasma
Temporal range: Mesozoic (possibly Jurassic)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: incertae sedis
Genus: †Belonochasma
Broili, 1939
Type species
†Belonochasma aenigmaticum
Broili, 1939

Belonochasma (meaning "needle mouth") is a genus of reptile from the Mesozoic (possibly Jurassic) of Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. The type species, B. aenigmaticum, was described in 1939. It was once thought to be a pterosaur, but this was rejected by Oskar Kuhn in 1961, and upheld by Peter Wellnhofer in 1978.

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References

  1. 1 2 S. B. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., 1939, page 136
  2. ↑ The etymology and a brief history of Belonochasma Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Hanson, Mike (12 November 2008). "The Pterosaur Species List" (PDF). The Pterosauria. Archosauria.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
  4. ↑ Kuhn, Oskar (1961). Die Familien der Rezenten und fossilen Amphibien und Reptilien (in German). Bamberg: Meisenbach. p. 79.
  5. ↑ Wellnhofer, Peter (1978). Pterosauria. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie 19 (in German). p. 67. ISBN 978-3-437-30269-5.