Campylognathoididae
Encyclopedia
Campylognathoididae is a group of early "rhamphorhynchoid
" pterosaur
s named after Campylognathoides
, that lived in the Late Jurassic
. The family
Campylognathoididae was named in 1967 by Oskar Kuhn
, originally as the subfamily Campylognathoidinae.
Rhamphorhynchoidea
The Rhamphorhynchoidea forms one of the two suborders of pterosaurs and represent an evolutionary grade of primitive members of this group of flying reptiles. This suborder is paraphyletic in relation to the Pterodactyloidea, which arose from within the Rhamphorhynchoidea, not from a more distant...
" pterosaur
Pterosaur
Pterosaurs were flying reptiles of the clade or order Pterosauria. They existed from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous Period . Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved powered flight...
s named after Campylognathoides
Campylognathoides
Campylognathoides was a genus of "rhamphorhynchoid" pterosaur, discovered in the Württemberg Lias deposits, the first specimen consisting of wing fragments...
, that lived in the Late Jurassic
Late Jurassic
The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 161.2 ± 4.0 to 145.5 ± 4.0 million years ago , which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata. In European lithostratigraphy, the name "Malm" indicates rocks of Late Jurassic age...
. The family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Campylognathoididae was named in 1967 by Oskar Kuhn
Oskar Kuhn
Oskar Kuhn was a German palaeontologist.-Life and career:Kuhn was educated in Dinkelsbühl and Bamberg and then studied natural science, specialising in geology and paleontology, at the University of Munich, from which he received his D. Phil...
, originally as the subfamily Campylognathoidinae.
Classification
Listing after Unwin 2006 unless otherwise noted.- Family Campylognathoididae
- AustriadactylusAustriadactylusAustriadactylus is a genus of "rhamphorhynchoid" pterosaur. The fossil remains were unearthed in Late Triassic rocks of Austria.The genus was named in 2002 by Fabio Marco Dalla Vecchia e.a.. The type species is Austriadactylus cristatus. The genus name is derived from Latin Austria and Greek...
- CampylognathoidesCampylognathoidesCampylognathoides was a genus of "rhamphorhynchoid" pterosaur, discovered in the Württemberg Lias deposits, the first specimen consisting of wing fragments...
(type) - CarniadactylusCarniadactylusCarniadactylus is a genus of pterosaur which existed in Europe during the Late Triassic period. The genus contains a single species, Carniadactylus rosenfeldi.-Description:...
- CaviramusCaviramusCaviramus is a genus of "rhamphorhynchoid" pterosaur from the Late Triassic lower Kössen Formation of the Northern Calcareous Alps of Switzerland....
- EudimorphodonEudimorphodonEudimorphodon was a pterosaur that was discovered in 1973 by Mario Pandolfi near Bergamo, Italy and described the same year by Rocco Zambelli. The nearly complete skeleton was retrieved from shale deposited during the Late Triassic , making Eudimorphodon the oldest pterosaur then known...
- Austriadactylus