Upper Jurassic Period
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Harpactognathus gentryii

 

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Harpactognathus (grasping jaws)
Jaw fragment, rostrum and dentry tip, of a large Scaphognathine like pterosaur from the Morrison Formation, now in the North American Museum of Ancient Life at Lehi, Utah.

Holotype: NAMAL 101 anterior partial rostrum

Carpenter, K., Unwin, D., Cloward, K., Miles, C., and Miles, C., 2003, A new scaphognathine pterosaur from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming, USA: In: Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs, edited by Buffetaut, E., and Mazin, J.-M., Geological Society Special Publication, n. 217, p. 45-54.