Ceoptera
Ceoptera (meaning "mist wing") is an extinct genus of darwinopteran pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic Kilmaluag Formation of Scotland. The genus contains a single species, C. evansae, known from a partial skeleton. Ceoptera represents the second pterosaur named from Scotland, after Dearc in 2022.
| Ceoptera Temporal range: Middle Jurassic (Bathonian), | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Clade: | †Pterodactylomorpha |
| Clade: | †Monofenestrata |
| Clade: | †Darwinoptera |
| Genus: | †Ceoptera |
| Species: | †C. evansae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ceoptera evansae Martin-Silverstone et al., 2024 | |
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