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A ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Stonesfield Slate (Bathonian, Middle Jurassic) of Oxfordshire, England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2012

ERIC BUFFETAUT  and
PAUL JEFFERY
ERIC BUFFETAUT*
Affiliation:
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 8538, Laboratoire de Géologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
PAUL JEFFERY
Affiliation:
Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, UK
*
†Author for correspondence: eric.buffetaut@sfr.fr
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Abstract

The anterior end of a lower jaw bearing long slender teeth, from the Bathonian Stonesfield Slate of Oxfordshire, was hitherto referred to the crocodilian Teleosaurus. It is reinterpreted as belonging to a ctenochasmatid pterosaur reminiscent of Gnathosaurus. It is the earliest known representative of the Ctenochasmatidae, and one of the earliest known pterodactyloids. The diversity of pterosaurs from the Stonesfield Slate is higher than previously recognized, comprising at least three taxa.

Keywords

JurassicBathonianEnglandStonesfield SlatePterosauriaCtenochasmatidae
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Rapid Communication
Information
Geological Magazine , Volume 149 , Issue 3 , May 2012 , pp. 552 - 556
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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