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CAVIRAMUS
(cav-e-ra-mus)
meaning: "Hollow branch"
Named By: Nadia Frobisch and Jorg Frobisch in 2006
Time Period: Late Triassic, 205 Ma
Location: Switzerland - Kossen Formation
Size: 135 centimetre wingspan
Diet: Piscivore
Fossil(s): 2 specimens, one of which is a partial skull with partial post cranial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Pterosauria | Campylognathoididae |
Also known as: | Raeticodactylus filisurensis |
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Caviramus is a genus of "rhamphorhynchoid" pterosaur from the Late Triassic (late Norian-early Rhaetian-age) lower Kossen Formation of the Northern Calcareous Alps of Switzerland.

The genus was in 2006 named by Nadia Frobisch and Jorg Frobisch. The type species is Caviramus schesaplanensis. The genus name is derived from Latin cavus, "hollow" and ramus, "branch". The specific name refers to Mount Schesaplana.

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