
Ctenochasmatidae
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thumb|left|Ctenochasmatid skulls demonstrating suspension feeding characteristics Ctenochasmatidae is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. They are characterized by their distinctive teeth, which are thought to have been used for filter-feeding. Ctenochasmatids lived from the Late Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous periods.
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- Parent taxon
- Ctenochasmatoidea
- Image
- Pterodaustro BW.jpg
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- taxon name
- Ctenochasmatidae
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- family
- Commons category
- Ctenochasmatidae
- start time
- 152000000-
- end time
- 105000000-
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thumb|left|Ctenochasmatid skulls demonstrating suspension feeding characteristics Ctenochasmatidae is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. They are characterized by their distinctive teeth, which are thought to have been used for filter-feeding. Ctenochasmatids lived from the Late Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous periods.
The earliest known ctenochasmatid remains date to the Late Jurassic Kimmeridgian age. Previously, a fossil jaw recovered from the Middle Jurassic Stonesfield Slate formation in the United Kingdom, was considered the oldest known. This specimen supposedly represented a member of the family Ctenochasmatidae, though further examination suggested it actually belonged to a teleosaurid stem-crocodilian instead of a pterosaur.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ctenochasmatidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.