Upper Jurassic Period

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Ctenochasma elegans

Ctenochasma (comb jaw) elegans (slight of build)
A small pterosaur with long slender teeth.  Lower Tithonian, Solnhofen limestone, Hanover marine limestone, southern Germany and France.  This species was originally classified as Pterodactylus, but recent work has recognised this type as both an adult and juvenile ctenochasmid.  There are two complete specimens and at least four partial specimens.

Wagner, J. A. 1861, Charakteristik einer neuen Flugeidechse, Pterodactylus elegans. Sber. k. bayer. Akad. Wiss. math.-phys. Kl. pp. 363–365.

Hurum, J. H. 1995, Pterodactylus elegans. Souvernirprogram til Pterodaktyler. Popular Science,12-13

Pseudonyms
Pterodactylus elegans (Wagner 1861)

Referred Specimens:
IPHG  Complete skeleton, since destroyed (Wagner, 1861)
BSP-1867-II-1  Complete skeleton (Zittel, 1882)
Phil.-Theol. Hochschule Eichstätt 1950  Complete skeleton (Mayr, 1964)
PIMUZ-A-III-100  Complete skeleton. (Wellnhofer 1970)
Museum Bergér Harthof bei Eichstätt  Complete skeleton (Wellnhofer, 1970)
Geologisches Inst. der Universität Erlangen  Complete skeleton (Wellnhofer, 1970)