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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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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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Campylobacter gracilis, a
species of
bacterium implicated in
foodborne disease Ctenochasma gracile, a late Jur****ic
pterosaur Eriophorum gracile, a
species of sedge...
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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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defined Pterodactylidae as a
clade containing "Pterodactylus antiquus,
Ctenochasma elegans,
their most
recent common ancestor and all its descendants"....
- boundary. Jur****ic
pterodactyloids include the ctenochasmatids, like
Ctenochasma,
which have
closely spaced needle-like
teeth that were
presumably used...
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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...
- 2421845. ISSN 1477-2019. Jouve, S. (2004). "Description of the
skull of a
Ctenochasma (Pterosauria) from the
latest Jur****ic of
eastern France, with a taxonomic...
