Dorygnathus

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Dorygnathus
Fossil range: Early Jurassic
Dorygnathus bathensis
Dorygnathus bathensis
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Rhamphorhynchoidea
Family: Rhamphorhynchidae
Genus: Dorygnathus

Dorygnathus was a pterosaur that lived in Europe during the Early Jurassic period, 190 million years ago. It had a three-foot (1 meter) wingspan, and was related to the Late Jurassic pterosaur, Rhamphorhynchus.