Dimorphodon

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Dimorphodon

Fossil range: Early Jurassic

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Rhamphorhynchoidea
Family: Dimorphodontidae
Genus: Dimorphodon
Owen, 1859
Species
  • D. macronyx (Buckland, 1829)(type)
  • D. weintraubi Clark et al., 1998


Dimorphodon was a prehistoric reptile. It was a flying pterosaur from the Early Jurassic. It had a big head with a very tall beak.

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