Germanodactylus cristatus Wiman, 1925
Phylum: Chordata Haeckel, 1874
Subphylum: Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812
Classe: Reptilia Laurenti, 1768
Ordine: Pterosauria Kaup, 1834
Famiglia: Germanodactylidae Yang, 1964
Genere: Germanodactylus Yang, 1964
Descrizione
Con un'apertura alare di 1.35 m, questo volatile non doveva essere certo imponente, ma era comunque importante:è infatti tra i primi pterosauri a possedere una cresta, anche se in questo caso era molto piccola. Doveva essere certamente usata come richiamo sessuale.
Diffusione
Visse in Germania nel Giurassico,150 milioni di anni fa.
Sinonimi
= Pterodactylus cristatus Wiman, 1925.
Bibliografia
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–Wiman, Carl (1925). "Über Pterodactylus Westmanni und andere Flugsaurier". Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Uppsala. 20: 1-38.
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–Vidovic, S. U.; Martill, D. M. (2014). "Pterodactylus scolopaciceps Meyer, 1860 (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Upper Jurassic of Bavaria, Germany: The Problem of Cryptic Pterosaur Taxa in Early Ontogeny". PLOS ONE. 9 (10): e110646.
–Vidovic, Steven U.; Martill, David M. (2017). "The taxonomy and phylogeny of Diopecephalus kochi (Wagner, 1837) and "Germanodactylus rhamphastinus" (Wagner, 1851)" (PDF). Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 455 (1): 125-147.
–Longrich, N.R., Martill, D.M., and Andres, B. (2018). Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. PLoS Biology, 16(3): e2001663.
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Data: 13/04/1994
Emissione: Animali preistorici Stato: Grenada |
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Data: 29/01/2021
Emissione: I dinosauri volanti Stato: Central African Republic Nota: Non ufficiale - Emesso in un foglietto di 4 v. diversi |
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