Caelestiventus

Caelestiventus; Temporal range: Norian, 208 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	3D printed skull reconstruction; the dip in the forehead is perhaps too pronounced
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Pterosauria
Family:	†Dimorphodontidae
Genus:	†Caelestiventus; Britt et al., 2018
Type species
	†Caelestiventus hanseni; Britt et al., 2018

Caelestiventus is an early pterosaur. It is important because it is 65 million years older than any other known desert-dwelling pterosaur. Also, it shows that the earliest pterosaurs were morphologically and ecologically varied. The Dimorphodontidae originated in the Triassic period.^[1]

References

↑ Britt, Brooks B. et al 2018. Caelestiventus hanseni extends the desert-dwelling pterosaur record back 65 million years. Nature Ecology & Evolution. [1]

[1] Britt, Brooks B. et al 2018. Caelestiventus hanseni extends the desert-dwelling pterosaur record back 65 million years. Nature Ecology & Evolution. [1]

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