"The first distinguishing feature of Dimorphodon [...] is the disproportionate magnitude of the head—the more strangely disproportionate, as it seems, in an animal of flight."
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Richard Owen, A History of British Fossil Reptiles, Vol. 1 (1849), p. 479.
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Dimorphodon
Dimorphodon was a genus of medium-sized pterosaur from Europe during the early Jurassic Period (about 201-191 million years ago). It was named by palaeontologist Richard Owen in 1859. Dimorphodon means "two-form tooth", derived from the Greek δι (di) meaning "two", μορφη (morphe) meaning "shape" and οδων (odon) meaning "tooth", referring to the fact that it had two distinct types of teeth in its jaws – which is comparatively rare among reptiles. The diet of Dimorphodon has been questioned among
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