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]
| Belonochasma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Belonochasma Broili, 1939[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Belonochasma aenigmaticum Broili, 1939
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See also
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References
edit- ^ a b S. B. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., 1939, page 136
- ^ The etymology and a brief history of Belonochasma Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Hanson, Mike (12 November 2008). "The Pterosaur Species List" (PDF). The Pterosauria. Archosauria.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
- ^ Kuhn, Oskar (1961). Die Familien der Rezenten und fossilen Amphibien und Reptilien (in German). Bamberg: Meisenbach. p. 79.
- ^ Wellnhofer, Peter (1978). Pterosauria. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie 19 (in German). p. 67. ISBN 978-3-437-30269-5.
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