Rhamphocephalus

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Rhamphocephalus
Fossil range: Middle Jurassic
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Rhamphorhynchoidea
Genus: Rhamphocephalus
Seeley, 1880
Species

Rhamphocephalus bucklandi
(von Meyer, 1832) Seeley, 1880
Rhamphocephalus depressirostris
(Huxley, 1859) Lydekker, 1888
Rhamphocephalus prestwichi
(Seeley, 1880) Seeley, 1880

Rhamphocephalus ("beak head") is an extinct genus of pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic of England. Its wingspan was about 2 m (6 ft 8 in).

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Rhamphocephalus at The Pterosaur Database (multiple species)

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