| Belonochasma Temporal range: Mesozoic |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
| Genus: | Belonochasma Broili, 1939 |
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Belonochasma (meaning "needle mouth") is a genus of gnathostome from the Mesozoic of Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It was once thought to be a pterosaur, but this was rejected by Oskar Kuhn in 1961,[1] and upheld by Peter Wellnhofer in 1978.[2]