Lower Cretaceous Period

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Criorhynchus simus

Described by Richard Owen in 1874, this pterosaur showed the first evidence of a keeled anterior jaw. The specimen right is No. L10832 from the Manchester Museum.

Owen, R. 1874, A Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the Mesozoic Formations. 1. Pterosauria. The Palaeontographical Society, London. pp. 1–14 & pls 1–2.

Pseudonyms
Pterodactylus simus (Owen 1861)
Ornithocheirus simus (Owen 1861)
Pterodactylus woodwardi (Owen 1861)
Ptenodactylus woodwardi (Seeley, 1869)
Ornithocheirus carteri (Seeley 1869)
Ornithocheirus platyrhinus (Seeley 1869)
Ornithocheirus woodwardi (Seeley, 1870)
Criorhynchus platyrhinus (Seeley, 1870)
Criorhynchus woodwardi (Owen, 1874)
Criorhynchus carteri (Owen, 1874)