Biology:Belonochasma

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Short description: Extinct genus of jawed vertebrates

Belonochasma
Temporal range: Mesozoic (possibly Jurassic)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: incertae sedis
Genus: Belonochasma
Broili, 1939[1]
Type species
Belonochasma aenigmaticum
Broili, 1939

Belonochasma (meaning "needle mouth") is a genus of reptile from the Mesozoic (possibly Jurassic) of Franconia, Bavaria, Germany .[2] The type species, B. aenigmaticum, was described in 1939.[1][3] It was once thought to be a pterosaur, but this was rejected by Oskar Kuhn in 1961,[4] and upheld by Peter Wellnhofer in 1978.[5]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 S. B. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., 1939, page 136
  2. The etymology and a brief history of Belonochasma .
  3. Hanson, Mike (12 November 2008). "The Pterosaur Species List". The Pterosauria. Archosauria.org. http://archosauria.org/pterosauria/taxonomy/species.pdf. 
  4. Kuhn, Oskar (1961) (in de). Die Familien der Rezenten und fossilen Amphibien und Reptilien. Bamberg: Meisenbach. pp. 79. 
  5. Wellnhofer, Peter (1978) (in de). Pterosauria. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie 19. pp. 67. ISBN 978-3-437-30269-5. 

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