Scaphognathus

F was a rhamphorhyncoid pterosaur found in the Solnhofen limestone of the Upper Jurassic.

Scaphognathus Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
File:Scaphognathus crassirostris cast - Pterosaurs Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs.jpg
Cast of the holotype specimen
Scientific classification e
Unrecognized taxon (fix):	Scaphognathus
Type species
†Pterodactylus crassirostris Goldfuss, 1831
Species
†Scaphognathus crassirostris (Goldfuss, 1831)
Synonyms
Pachyramphus Fitzinger, 1843 (preoccupied) Brachytrachelus Giebel, 1850 (preoccupied) Pterodactylus crassirostris Goldfuss 1830 Pachyrhamphus crassirostris Fitzinger 1843 preoccupied Ornithocephalus crassirostris Wagner 1851 Brachytrachelus crassirostris Giebel 1852 preoccupied Rhamphorhynchus crassirostris Wagner 1858

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A drawing of a Scaphognathus

It had wings that was about one meter long and a long tail shaped like a leaf. The leaf-tail probably acted like a rudder, helping it steer through the air. It was probably a diurnal (daytime) flier, where Rhamphorhynchus was probably nocturnal.

Diet

Scaphognathus ate Pholidophorus fish.

Scaphognathus Media

• Scaphognathus crassirostris.jpg

  1831 illustration of the holotype slabs

• Scaphognathus (life restoration).png

  Life restoration exhibiting scansorial behavior