Named By: | Richard Owen in 1859 |
Time Period: | Early Jurassic, 195-190 Ma |
Location: | England, Dorset - Jurassic Coast |
Size: | 1.4 meter wingspan, 1 meter long including the tail |
Diet: | unavailable |
Fossil(s): | Two individual specimens that have the skull, plus also other sets of partial and usually fragmentary remains |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Pterosauria | Dimorphodontidae | Dimorphodontinae | |
Dimorphodon was a genus of medium-sized pterosaur from the early Jurassic Period. It was named by paleontologist Richard Owen in 1859. Dimorphodon means "two-form tooth", derived from Greek di/di meaning "two", morphe/morphe meaning "shape" and odon/odon meaning "tooth", referring to the fact that it had two distinct types of teeth in its jaws - which is comparatively rare among reptiles.