Belonochasma

Belonochasma (meaning "needle mouth") is a genus of reptile from the Mesozoic (possibly Jurassic) of Franconia, Bavaria, Germany.[2] The type species, B. aenigmaticum, was described in 1939.[1][3] It was once thought to be a pterosaur, but this was rejected by Oskar Kuhn in 1961,[4] and upheld by Peter Wellnhofer in 1978.[5]

Belonochasma
Temporal range: Mesozoic (possibly Jurassic)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: incertae sedis
Genus: †Belonochasma
Broili, 1939[1]
Type species
†Belonochasma aenigmaticum
Broili, 1939

See also

References
  1. S. B. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., 1939, page 136
  2. The etymology and a brief history of Belonochasma Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. Hanson, Mike (12 November 2008). "The Pterosaur Species List" (PDF). The Pterosauria. Archosauria.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
  4. Kuhn, Oskar (1961). Die Familien der Rezenten und fossilen Amphibien und Reptilien (in German). Bamberg: Meisenbach. p. 79.
  5. Wellnhofer, Peter (1978). Pterosauria. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie 19 (in German). p. 67. ISBN 978-3-437-30269-5.


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