Altmuehlopterus

Altmuehlopterus
Temporal range:
Holotype fossil BSP AS.I.745 in Jura Museum Eichstätt
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Infraorder: Eupterodactyloidea
Genus: Altmuehlopterus
Vidovic & Martill, 2017
Species:
A. rhamphastinus
Binomial name
Altmuehlopterus rhamphastinus
(Wagner, 1851)

Altmuehlopterus (meaning "Altmühl River wing") is a genus of pterosaur belonging to the Pterodactyloidea. It lived in the Late Jurassic of what is now Germany. It was formerly known as "Daitingopterus" (meaning "Daiting Wing"), a nomen nudum, informally coined in 2004.

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