Upper Jurassic Period

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Ctenochasma porocristata

 

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Ctenochasma (comb jaw) porocristata (porous crest)
Jaw fragment from the Solnhofen, Lithographic Limestone, showing a porous bony crest on the skull.  This pterosaur has relatively short teeth for a ctenochasmid.

Buisonjé, P.H. De. 1981, Ctenochasma porocristata nov.sp. from the Solnhofen Limestone with some remarks on other Ctenochasmatidae. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wet. Proc. B 84(4): 411-436