Rhamphocephalus is an extinct genus

Genus

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 of pterosaur

Pterosaur

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 from the Middle Jurassic

Middle Jurassic

The Middle Jurassic is the second epoch of the Jurassic Period. It lasted from 176-161 million years ago. In European lithostratigraphy, rocks of this Middle Jurassic age are called the Dogger....

 of England

England

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. Its wingspan

Wingspan

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 was about 2 m (6 ft 8 in). Jaw and wing fragments of Bathonian

Bathonian

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 age, Stonesfield

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 Slate of Oxfordshire

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, England. Its features are considered to be transitional between the "rhamphorhynchoids" and pterodactyloids. Rhamphocephalus is something of a wastebasket taxon, with many indeterminate remains assigned to it, and almost no overlapping material.