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Rhamphocephalus is a crocodile, and the new genus Klobiodon

Started by Halichoeres, December 11, 2018, 04:11:10 PM

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December 11, 2018, 04:11:10 PM Last Edit: December 11, 2018, 04:11:37 PM by Halichoeres
The holotype of the "pterosaur" genus Rhamphocephalus turns out to be a thalattosuchian (marine) crocodile. Whoops. One of its species, "R. depressirostris," is renamed Klobiodon rochei (Klobiodon = Gr. "small cage tooth" and rochei is after the comic book artist Nick Roche for his work on, for example, Transformers: Maximum Dinobots).

Screen grab from the paper comparing the jaw with other pterosaurs:



Open access: http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app63/app004902018.pdf
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December 11, 2018, 07:47:14 PM
Wow, that's awesome about Nick Roche! One of my all-time favourite TF artists!
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