| Rhamphocephalus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic Bathonian |
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| R. bucklandi holotype jaw and tooth. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | Rhamphorhynchoidea |
| Genus: | Rhamphocephalus Seeley, 1880 |
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Rhamphocephalus bucklandi |
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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). Jaw and wing fragments of Bathonian age, Stonesfield Slate of Oxfordshire, England. Its features are considered to be transitional between the "rhamphorhynchoids" and pterodactyloids. Rhamphocephalus is something of a wastebasket taxon, with many indeterminate remains assigned to it, and almost no overlapping material.