Phylum Chordata Order Pterosaurs | Class Reptilia Clade †Euctenochasmatia Rank Family | |
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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(Text) CC BY-SA