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Ctenochasma (meaning "comb jaw") is a
genus of Late Jur****ic
ctenochasmatid pterosaur belonging to the
suborder Pterodactyloidea.
Three species are currently...
- Rhamphorhynchus, as well as
other genera such as Scaphognathus,
Anurognathus and
Ctenochasma.
Pterodactylus is
classified as an early-branching
member of the ctenochasmatid...
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possessed a
similar frantic,
powerful flight style. The
exception is
Ctenochasma,
which appears to have had
longer wings and was
probably more comparable...
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related to the
toothy ctenochasmatids (which
include filter-feeders like
Ctenochasma and Pterodaustro), but this
classification is
largely obsolete. Currently...
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Ornithocheiroidea (Istiodactylus, Ornithocheirus, Pteranodon),
Ctenochasmatoidea (
Ctenochasma, Pterodactylus),
Dsungaripteroidea (Germanodactylus, Dsungaripterus)...
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considered to be closely-related to
ctenochasmatoids like
Pterodactylus and
Ctenochasma. However, most
researchers no
longer consider this
arrangement to be...
- boundary. Jur****ic
pterodactyloids include the ctenochasmatids, like
Ctenochasma,
which have
closely spaced needle-like
teeth that were
presumably used...
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Coloborhynchus wadleighi: Late
Albian Ctenochasma elegens:
Tithonian Ctenochasma roemeri:
Berriasian Ctenochasma taqueti:
Early Tithonian Cycnorhamphus...
- Ctenochasmatidae,
Liaodactylus was most
closely related to the
European Ctenochasma.
There is one
specimen of
Liaodactylus known,
namely the
holotype PMOL-AP00031...
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Campylobacter gracilis, a
species of
bacterium implicated in
foodborne disease Ctenochasma gracile, a late Jur****ic
pterosaur Eriophorum gracile, a
species of sedge...
