The teeth in its snout were ensnared in the fibrous tissue of the wing membrane, and as the fish thrashed to release itself the left wing of Rhamphorhynchus was pulled backward into the distorted position seen in the fossil.

The region in which Innes and Perry initially find themselves is ruled by the cities of the Mahars, intelligent flying reptiles resembling Rhamphorhynchus with dangerous psychic powers, who keep the local tribelets of Stone Age human beings in subjugation.

The teeth of Rhamphorhynchus intermesh when the jaw is closed and are suggestive of a piscivorous diet.

The classification and taxonomy of Rhamphorhynchus, like many pterosaur species known since the Victorian era, is complex, with a long history of reclassification under a variety of names, often for the same specimens.

The type species of Rhamphorhynchus is R. longicaudus ; its type specimen or holotype also was sold to the Teylers Museum, where it still resides as TM 6924.

The smallest known Rhamphorhynchus specimen has a wingspan of only 290 millimeters ; however, it is likely that even such a small individual was capable of flight.

Because there is no evidence for either in Rhamphorhynchus, Bennett considered his findings consistent with an ectothermic metabolism, though he recommended more studies needed to be done.

Note that Rhamphorhynchus is also a genus of orchid, named in 1977 by botanist L. A. Garay.

In The Land Before Time VII there is a sinister Rhamphorhynchus named Rinkus.

In the second episode of Dinosaur Revolution, there is a googly-eyed Rhamphorhynchus, that is chased around throughout the episode by an Ornitholestes.

In the confusion, Loana is snatched into the air by the creature, and dropped bleeding into the sea, when a thieving Rhamphorhynchus intervenes.

It was not until 1847 that von Meyer elevated Rhamphorhynchus to a full-fledged genus, and officially included in it both long-tailed species of Pterodactylus known at the time, R. longicaudus ( the original species preserving a long tail ) and R. gemmingi.

* Rhamphorhynchus, a genus of pterosaur

* Rhamphorhynchus, a former monotypic genus of orchid, containing only the species now called Aspidogyne mendoncae

In 1977, Leslie Andrew Garay transferred the species to a new, monotypic genus, Rhamphorhynchus, as Rhamphorhynchus mendoncae.

In more primitive, long-tailed pterosaurs (" rhamphorhynchoids ") such as Rhamphorhynchus, the average growth rate during the first year of life was 130 % to 173 %, slightly faster than the growth rate of alligators.

In a subsequent 1846 paper describing a new species of long-tailed ' pterodactyl ', von Meyer decided that the long-tailed forms of Pterodactylus were different enough from the short-tailed forms to warrant placement in a subgenus, and he named his new species Pterodactylus ( Rhamphorhynchus ) gemmingi after a specimen owned by collector Captain Carl Eming von Gemming that was later by von Gemming sold for three hundred guilders to the Teylers Museum in Haarlem.

Like other pterosaurs ( notably Rhamphorhynchus ), Pterodactylus specimens can vary considerably based on age or level of maturity.

This may also indicate niche partitioning with contemporary pterosaurs inferred to be nocturnal, such as Ctenochasma and Rhamphorhynchus.

The differences between activity patterns of the Solnhofen pterosaurs Ctenochasma, Rhamphorhynchus, Scaphognathus, and Pterodactylus may also indicate niche partitioning between these genera.

Unlike earlier pterosaurs such as Rhamphorhynchus and Pterodactylus, Pteranodon had toothless beaks, similar to those of modern birds.

Contrary to a 1927 report by pterosaur researcher Ferdinand Broili, Rhamphorhynchus lacked any bony or soft tissue crest, as seen in several species of contemporary small pterodactyloid pterosaurs.

Like most pterosaurs described in the mid 19th century, Rhamphorhynchus was originally considered to be a species of Pterodactylus.

In 2003, a team of researchers led by Lawrence Witmer studied the brain anatomy of several types of pterosaurs, including Rhamphorhynchus muensteri, using endocasts of the brain they retrieved by performing CAT scans of fossil skulls.

Contemporaries of Compsognathus longipes include the early bird Archaeopteryx lithographica and the pterosaurs Rhamphorhynchus muensteri and Pterodactylus antiquus.

Suggested identities include a modern-day Rhamphorhynchus ( pterosaurs lived in the area of Africa where Kongamato has been sighted ), a misidentified bird ( such as the very large and peculiar Saddle-billed Stork ), or a giant bat.

This may also indicate niche partitioning with contemporary pterosaurs inferred to be nocturnal, such as Ctenochasma and Rhamphorhynchus.

This theory was contested by a histological study of Rhamphorhynchus that showed the initial rapid growth was followed by a prolonged period of slow growth.

* The Mahars-The master race of Pellucidar who resemble Rhamphorhynchus.

The distinct year classes of Pterodactylus antiquus specimens show that this species, like the contemporary Rhamphorhynchus muensteri, likely bred seasonally and grew consistently during its lifetime.

Outdated depiction ( left, on branch ), with several Rhamphorhynchus ( pterosaur ) | Rhamphorhynchus flying in the background, by Heinrich Harder, c. 1920

A study of pterosaur brain cavities using X-rays revealed that the animals ( Rhamphorhynchus muensteri and Anhanguera santanae ) had massive flocculi.

Additionally, flaplings are normally found in the same sediments as adults and juveniles of the same species, such as the Pterodactylus and Rhamphorhynchus flaplings found in the Solnhofen limestone of Germany, and Pterodaustro flaplings from Brazil.

Growth in these species slowed after sexual maturity, and it would have taken more than three years for Rhamphorhynchus to attain maximum size.

The pterosaur genera Pterodactylus, Scaphognathus, and Tupuxuara have been inferred to be diurnal, Ctenochasma, Pterodaustro, and Rhamphorhynchus have been inferred to be nocturnal, and Tapejara has been inferred to be cathemeral, being active throughout the day for short intervals.

As a result, the possibly fish-eating Ctenochasma and Rhamphorhynchus may have had similar activity patterns to modern nocturnal seabirds, and the filter-feeding Pterodaustro may have had similar activity patterns to modern anseriform birds that feed at night.

The jaws of Rhamphorhynchus housed needle-like teeth, which were angled forward, with a curved, sharp, beak-like tip lacking teeth, indicating a diet mainly of fish and insects.

Although fragmentary fossil remains possibly belonging to Rhamphorhynchus have been found in England, Tanzania, and Spain, the best preserved specimens come from the Solnhofen limestone of Bavaria, Germany.

Scattered teeth believed to belong to Rhamphorhynchus have been found in Portugal as well.

The largest known specimen of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri ( catalog number BMNH 37002 ) measures 1. 26 meters ( 4. 1 ft ) long with a wingspan of 1. 81 m ( 5. 9 ft ).

Broili claimed to have found a two millimeter tall crest made of thin bone that ran much of the skulls length in one Rhamphorhynchus specimen, evidenced by an impression in the surrounding rock and a few small fragments of the crest itself.