†Purbeckopus pentadactylus Delair 1963 (pterosaur)
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Reptilia - Pterosauria - Pteraichnidae
Full reference: J. B. Delair. 1963. Notes on Purbeck fossil footprints, with descriptions of two hitherto unknown forms from Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 84:92-100
Belongs to Purbeckopus according to B. Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2009
See also Delair 1963, Haubold 1971, Haubold 1974 and Wright et al. 1997
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: DORCM G6664, a footprint. Its type locality is Chinchen's Quarry, Acton (DB124c), which is in a Berriasian peritidal limestone/mudstone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution: found only at Chinchen's Quarry, Acton (DB124c)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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