Belonochasma
| Belonochasma Temporal range: Mesozoic | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
| Genus: | Belonochasma Broili, 1939 |
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Belonochasma (meaning "needle mouth") is a genus of gnathostome from the Mesozoic of Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It was once thought to be a pterosaur, but this was rejected by Oskar Kuhn in 1961,[1] and upheld by Peter Wellnhofer in 1978.[2]
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References
- ↑ 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 3-437-30269-8.
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