Synonyms: Anhanguera fittoni Owen 1859, Ornithocheirus fittoni Owen 1859, Ornithocheirus nasutus Seeley 1869, Ornithocheirus polyodon Seeley 1870, Ptenodactylus fittoni Owen 1859, Pterodactylus fittoni Owen 1859
Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1869. Index to the Fossil Remains of Aves, Ornithosauria, and Reptilia, from the Secondary System of Strata, Arranged in the Woodwardian Museum of the University of Cambridge. Deighton, Bell, and Co, Cambridge 1-143
Belongs to Camposipterus according to T. Rodrigues and A. W. A. Kellner 2013
See also Owen 1859, Owen 1859, Owen 1859, Owen 1860, Owen 1861, Seeley 1869, Seeley 1870, Unwin 2001 and Unwin 2003
Sister taxa: Camposipterus colorhinus, Camposipterus sedgwickii
Type specimens:
- Camposipterus nasutus: CAMSM B 54556 (Premaxillary fragment). Its type locality is Cambridge Greensand [non-specific locality data], which is in an Albian open shallow subtidal marl in the West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Ornithocheirus nasutus: CAMSM B 54556 (Premaxillary fragment). Its type locality is Cambridge Greensand [non-specific locality data], which is in an Albian open shallow subtidal marl in the West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Ornithocheirus polyodon: Its type locality is Cambridge Greensand [non-specific locality data], which is in an Albian open shallow subtidal marl in the West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Pterodactylus fittoni: CAMSM B54.423, a partial skull (Rostrum). Its type locality is Cambridge Greensand [non-specific locality data], which is in an Albian open shallow subtidal marl in the West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution: found only at Cambridge Greensand [non-specific locality data]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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