Phobetor (animal)

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"Phobetor"
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Family: Dsungaripteridae
Genus: "Phobetor"
Binomial name
"Phobetor" parvus
Bakhurina, 1982
Synonyms
  • Dsungaripterus parvus Bakhurina, 1982

"Phobetor" is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur, of the family Dsungaripteridae. Originally described as a species of Dsungaripterus (D. parvus), it was soon recognized as a new genus, and given the name Phobetor parvus. However, the genus name Phobetor had already been used for a fish (Krøyer, 1844), so a new genus name will be assigned for the pterosaur.