GnathostomataRhamphorhynchidae

Rhamphorhynchus muensteri

Rhamphorhynchus muensteri skeletal reconstruction, left lateral view, length 95 cm, wingspan ~1.7 m.
Scale bar = 10 centimeters
Taxon
Rhamphorhynchus muensteri (Goldfuss, 1831)
Reconstructed length
95 cm (3 feet)
Wingspan
~1.7 m
View
Left lateral
Drawing
© Scott Hartman
Drawn
2014
Clade
  1. Gnathostomata
  2. Tetrapoda
  3. Amniota
  4. Sauropsida
  5. Archosauromorpha
  6. Archosauria
  7. Avemetatarsalia
  8. Pterosauria
  9. Rhamphorhynchidae

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Rhamphorhynchus is a Late Jurassic pterosaur (a flying reptile, not a dinosaur) from the Solnhofen limestones of Germany. A long-tailed, non-pterodactyloid, Rhamphorhynchus snatched fish with forward-splayed needle teeth, its stiffened tail ending in a diamond-shaped vane.

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