Genus: Anurognathus DÖDERLEIN, 1923
Etymology: Greek, an-, “without”, Greek, oura, “tail” and Greek, gnathos, “jaw”.
Species: ammoni DÖDERLEIN, 1923
Etymology: In honor of the Bavarian geologist Ludwing von Ammon, while in 1922
Döderlein acquired his collection.
Holotype: BSP. 1922 I 42
Locality: Eichstatt, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Malm Zeta 2, Lithographic Shale, Solnhofen.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Lower Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material: Preorbital, naries, premaxilla, maxilla, quadrate, teeth, dentary missing posterior end, and most of the skeleton.
Top after Wellnhofer, 1975, bottom after Bennett, 2007
Referred material:
BENNETT, 2002, 2007
Locality: Eichstatt, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Malm Zeta 2, Lithographic Shale, Solnhofen.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Lower Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material:
SMNS 81928a, b (casts): Skull, skeleton and wing impressions.
Note: Original is in a private collection.Modified from Bennett, 2007