Belonochasma
Sign in to saveBelonochasma (meaning "needle mouth") is a genus of reptile from the Mesozoic (possibly Jurassic) of Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. The type species, B. aenigmaticum, was described in 1939. It was once thought to be a pterosaur, but this was rejected by Oskar Kuhn in 1961, and upheld by Peter Wellnhofer in 1978.
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Belonochasma (meaning "needle mouth") is a genus of reptile from the Mesozoic (possibly Jurassic) of Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. The type species, B. aenigmaticum, was described in 1939. It was once thought to be a pterosaur, but this was rejected by Oskar Kuhn in 1961, and upheld by Peter Wellnhofer in 1978.
==See also== List of pterosaur genera Timeline of pterosaur research
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