The tail of Dimorphodon was long and consisted of thirty vertebrae. Dimorphodon had an adult body length of 1 metre (3.3 ft) long, with a 1.45 metre (4.6 ft) wingspan. The vertebrae had pneumatic foramina, openings through which the air sacks could reach the hollow interior. The neck was short but strong and flexible and may have had a membraneous pouch on the underside.

The first phalanx in its flight finger is only slightly longer than its lower arm. The body structure of Dimorphodon displays many “primitive” characters, such as, according to Owen, a very small brain-pan and proportionally short wings. Dimorphodon means “two-form tooth”, derived from 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. It was named by paleontologist Richard Owen in 1859. Dimorphodon / d aɪ ˈ m ɔr f ə d ɒ n / was a genus of medium-sized pterosaur from the early Jurassic Period.

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