Upper Jurassic Period

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Tendaguripterus recki

 

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Tendaguripterus (Tendaguru wing) recki (after Reck)
A pterosaur jaw fragment from the Middle Saurian Beds at Tendaguru, Tanzania.  This specimen is Kimmeridgian / Tithonian in age.  The specimen MB-R-1290 Museum fur Naturkunde, Berlin, is an incomplete mandibular symphysis showing teeth which are long and pointed.  The teeth have a smooth surface.  Although referred to the Germanodactylidae, this species may possibly be considered as a Dsungeripterid.

Unwin D., Heinrich W-D. 1999, On a pterosaur jaw from the Upper Jurassic of Tendaguru (Tanzania).  Mitteilungen aus dem Museum Fuer Naturkunde in Berlin Geowissenschaftliche Reihe 2, 1999: 121-134