Criorhynchus

Criorhynchus
	Holotype
Conservation status
	Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
Family:	†Ornithocheiridae
Genus:	†Criorhynchus
Binomial name
	†Criorhynchus simus; Owen, 1874

Criorhynchus was a genus of pterosaur from the Cretaceous period. Fossils of this pterosaur were described from England in 1870. It was the first pterosaur to exhibit a jaw with a keeled tip, similar to the more famous Ornithocheirus. The type and only species, Criorhynchus simus, described in 1874^[1], was probably the same animal as Ornithocheirus.

Species[]

Criorhynchus crassidens (Hooley, 1914) - now Amblydectes
Criorhynchus mesembrinus (Wellnhoffer, 1987)^[2] - now Tropeognathus
Criorhynchus simus (Owen, 1874)^[1] - type

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References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Owen R 1874. A Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the Mesozoic Formations. 1. Pterosauria. The Palaeontographical Society, London. pp. 1–14 & pls 1–2.
↑ Wellnhofer P 1987. New Crested Pterosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Brasil, Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Statssammlung fur Paleontologie und historische Geologie, 27: 175-186 Munchen

[Owen-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Owen R 1874. A Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the Mesozoic Formations. 1. Pterosauria. The Palaeontographical Society, London. pp. 1–14 & pls 1–2.

[2] Wellnhofer P 1987. New Crested Pterosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Brasil, Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Statssammlung fur Paleontologie und historische Geologie, 27: 175-186 Munchen

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