Rhamphocephalus

Rhamphocephalus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic Bathonian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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R. bucklandi holotype jaw and tooth.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Pterosauria
Suborder:	Rhamphorhynchoidea
Genus:	Rhamphocephalus Seeley, 1880
Species
Rhamphocephalus bucklandi (von Meyer, 1832) Seeley, 1880 Rhamphocephalus depressirostris (Huxley, 1859) Lydekker, 1888 Rhamphocephalus prestwichi Seeley, 1880

Rhamphocephalus ("beak head") is an extinct genus of pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic of England. Its wingspan was about 2 m (6 ft 8 in). Jaw and wing fragments of Bathonian age, Stonesfield Slate of Oxfordshire, England. Its features are considered to be transitional between the "rhamphorhynchoids" and pterodactyloids. Rhamphocephalus is something of a wastebasket taxon, with many indeterminate remains assigned to it, and almost no overlapping material.

See also

• List of pterosaurs
• Stonesfield Slate

References

• Rhamphocephalus at The Pterosaur Database (multiple species)

• Rhamphocephalus in the Paleobiology Database.
• Seeley H.G. 1879, On Rhamphocephalus prestwichi, Seeley, an Ornithosaurian from the Stonesfield Slate of Kineton. Quart. J. Geol. Soc. 36: 27-30