Cretornis

Cretornis
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Partial wing of Cretornis hlavaci
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Clade: Nyctosauromorpha
Genus: Cretornis
Frič, 1881
Type species
Cretornis hlavaci
Synonyms
  • Ornithocheirus hlavaci
    (Fritsch, 1881)

Cretornis is a pterosaur genus from the late Cretaceous period (Turonian stage) of what is now the Jizera Formation in the Czech Republic, dating to about 92 million years ago. It only contains a single species, Cretornis hlavaci.

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