Altmuehlopterus

Altmuehlopterus
Temporal range:
Specimen JME Moe 12 in Jura Museum Eichstätt
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: †Pterosauria
Suborder: †Pterodactyloidea
Infraorder: †Eupterodactyloidea
Genus: †Altmuehlopterus
Vidovic & Martill, 2017
Species:
†A. rhamphastinus
Binomial name
†Altmuehlopterus rhamphastinus
(Wagner, 1851)

Altmuehlopterus (meaning "Altmühl River wing") is a genus of pterosaur belonging to the Pterodactyloidea. It lived in the Late Jurassic of what is now Germany. It was formerly known as "Daitingopterus" (meaning "Daiting Wing"), a nomen nudum, informally coined in 2004.

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