Also known as Pteranodon umbrosus holotype
Where: Logan County, Kansas (38.8° N, 100.9° W: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 67.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Smoky Hill Chalk Member (Niobrara Formation), Late/Upper Coniacian to Late/Upper Coniacian (89.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• Specimens probably collected between Marker Units 8 and 20 (Bennett 1994)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; chalk
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Cope in 1871; reposited in the AMNH
Primary reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. On two new ornithosaurians from Kansas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:420-422 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93219: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 08.01.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Ornithocheirus umbrosus n. sp.
Ornithocheirus umbrosus n. sp. Cope 1872 pterosaur AMNH 1571, distal end of the left metacarpal IV nd proxima end of right wing phalanx 1, from different individuals
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