Raeticodactylus
Raeticodactylus is a genus of non-pterodactyloid pterosaur from the late Norian-early Rhaetian-age Upper Triassic lower Kössen Formation (about 213-209 million years ago) of the central Austroalpine of Grisons, Switzerland. It is known from holotype BNM 14524, a single disarticulated partial skeleton including an almost complete skull, found in August 2005. This genus was named and described in 2008 by its discoverer Rico Stecher; the type species is Raeticodactylus filisurensis. The specific name refers to Filisur.
| Raeticodactylus Temporal range: Late Triassic, | |
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| Fossil in Bündner Naturmuseum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Family: | †Raeticodactylidae |
| Genus: | †Raeticodactylus Stecher, 2008 |
| Species: | †R. filisurensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Raeticodactylus filisurensis Stecher, 2008 | |
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