A pterosaur specimen, consisting of the associated anterior
portions of upper and lower jaws, is reported from the
upper Kimmeridgian Argiles d'Octeville, in the cliffs of the
Cap de la Hève, near Le Havre (France). It is described as a
new taxon, Normannognathus wellnhoferi, and referred to the
Germanodactylidae. Normannognathus wellnhoferi is distinguished
by the association of jaws which bear teeth up to their
anterior 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 Dsungaripterus-like crest and the slightly
upturned upper jaw support the idea of a close relationship
between the Germanodactylidae and Dsungaripteridae.