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BELLUBRUNNUS
(bel-lu-brun-nus)
meaning: "Beautiful one of Brunn"
Bellubrunnus
Named By: David W. E. Hone, Helmut Tischlinger, Eberhard Frey and Martin Roper in 2012
Time Period: Late Jurassic, 151 Ma
Location: Germany, Brunn Quarry
Size: Wingspan just under 30 centimetres across, though certainly larger when adult
Diet: Piscivore/Insectivore
Fossil(s): Articulated and complete skeleton from a probably juvenile individual
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Pterosauria | Rhamphorhynchidae | Rhamphorhynchinae |
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Bellubrunnus (meaning "the beautiful one of Brunn" in Latin) is an extinct genus of rhamphorhynchid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian stage) of southern Germany. It contains a single species, Bellubrunnus rothgaengeri. Bellubrunnus is distinguished from other rhamphorhynchids by its lack of long projections on the vertebrae of the tail, fewer teeth in the jaws, and wingtips that curve forward rather than sweep backward as in other pterosaurs.

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