Ctenochasmatidae
| Ctenochasmatids Temporal range: Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous 152–105 Ma |
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| Cast of a Ctenochasma elegans specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Clade: | †Euctenochasmatia |
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†Ctenochasmatidae Nopsca, 1928 |
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†Ctenochasma roemeri Meyer, 1852 |
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†Ctenochasmatinae |
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†Ctenochasmatinae
†Gnathosaurinae
Ctenochasmatidae is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea.
The earliest known ctenochasmatid remains date to the Late Jurassic Kimmeridgian age. Previously, a fossil jaw recovered from the Middle Jurassic Stonesfield Slate formation in the United Kingdom, was considered the oldest known. This specimen supposedly represented a member of the family Ctenochasmatidae, though further examination suggested it actually belonged to a teleosaurid stem-crocodilian instead of a pterosaur.
Cladogram following Andres, Clark & Xu, 2014.
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