A NEW PTERODACTYLOID PTEROSAUR FROM THE KIMMERIDGIAN OF THE CAP-DE-LA-HEVE (NORMANDY, FRANCE)

A pterosaur specimen, consisting of the associated anterior portions o f upper and lower jaws, is reported from the upper Kimmeridgian Argile s d'Octeville, in the cliffs of the Cap de la Heve, near Le Havre (Fra nce). It is described as a new taxon, Normannognathus wellnhoferi, and referred to the Germanodactylidae. Normannognathus wellnhoferi is dis tinguished by the association of jaws which bear teeth up to their ant erior tip and a tall sagittal crest, formed by the premaxillae, which begins anterior to the nasopreorbital fenestra, has a concave anterior edge, and is much higher than the maxilla at that level. The Dsungari pterus-like crest and the slightly upturned upper jaw support the idea of a close relationship between the Germanodactylidae and Dsungaripte ridae.