Melkamter

Melkamter
Temporal range: Early Jurassic,
Holotype specimen
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Clade: Pterodactylomorpha
Clade: Monofenestrata
Genus: Melkamter
Fernandes, Pol & Rauhut, 2024
Species:
M. pateko
Binomial name
Melkamter pateko
Fernandes, Pol & Rauhut, 2024

Melkamter (Tehuelche pronunciation: [melkamter]) (meaning "winged lizard") is an extinct genus of monofenestratan pterosaurs from the Early Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, M. pateko, known from a partial skull and fragmentary postcranium. Melkamter represents the oldest known monofenestratan pterosaur in the fossil record.