Cimoliornis

Cimoliornis
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 80 Ma
Holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Clade: Azhdarchoidea
Genus: Cimoliornis
Owen, 1846
Type species
Cimoliornis diomedeus
Owen, 1846
Synonyms

Ornithocheirus diomedeus (Owen, 1846)
Pterodactylus giganteus Morris, 1854

Cimoliornis is a pterosaur genus containing the single species Cimoliornis diomedeus. It is known from a partial metacarpal (lower wing bone) found in late Cretaceous period English Chalk Formation of the UK.[1]

References

  1. Martill, D.M. (2010). "The early history of pterosaur discovery in Great Britain." In: Moody, R. T. J., Buffetaut, E., Naish, D. & Martill, D. M. (eds): Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Saurians: A Historical Perspective. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 343, 287–311.


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