Rhamphorhynchus: Research Database Pterosauria (Archosauromorpha) · Late Jurassic (~150 MYA) · Europe — Germany (Solnhofen Limestone) Research Note: Rhamphorhynchus was a pterosaur from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of Germany. As one of the most completely known pterosaurs, it provides fundamental data on pterosaur anatomy, flight, and ecology. Research Finding Status Grade Year … Read more
In Depth Superficially Qinglongopterus has been found to be very similar to Rhamphorhynchus, the pterosaur that is the type genus of the Rhamphorhynchidae and to which Qinglongopterus is thought to be the most closely related. This however hints that both Qinglongopterus and Rhamphorhynchus represented their evolutionary limit as they are separated by many millions of … Read more
In Depth At first glance the holotype specimen of Bellubrunnus was considered to have been an example of the famous pterosaur genus Rhamphorhynchus, though a closer study of the specimen soon came to the conclusion that it actually represented a unique genus. The skull of Bellubrunnus has been noted for being proportionately short with large … Read more