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Ctenochasmatidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
†Pterodactyloidea

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Pterosaurs

Class
  
Reptilia

Clade
  
†Euctenochasmatia

Rank
  
Family

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Similar
  
Pterosaurs, Ctenochasmatoidea, Ctenochasma, Gnathosaurus, Dsungaripteroidea

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.

Classification

Cladogram following Andres, Clark & Xu, 2014.

References

Ctenochasmatidae Wikipedia