Belonochasma
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| Belonochasma Fossil range: Mesozoic |
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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]
[edit] References
- ^ Kuhn, Oskar (1961). Die Familien der Rezenten und fossilen Amphibien und Reptilien (in German). Bamberg: Meisenbach, 79.
- ^ Wellnhofer, Peter (1978). Pterosauria, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie 19 (in German), 67. ISBN 3437302698.

