Upper Jurassic Period
Batrachognathus (frog jaw) volans (flying)
Known from two disarticulated specimens this pterosaur has a distinct short
snout and wide jaw. This pterosaur is found in the Karatau Mountains,
Upper Jurassic sediments of Kazakhstan. Skull length 4.8 cm, wingspan
about 50 cm.
Type specimen: Skull and partial skeleton, (Rjabinin
1948)
Rjabinin A. N., 1948, Remarks on a flying reptile from the Jurassic
of the Kara-Tau, Akademia Nauk, Paleontological Institute, Trudy, 15(1):
86-93, 1 plate, Moscow and Leningrad.
