Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1887. On a sacrum, apparently indicating a new type of bird, Ornithodesmus cluniculus, Seeley, from the Wealden of Brook. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 43:206-211
Parent taxon: Ornithocheiroidea according to D. M. Unwin and J. Lü 1997
See also Blows 1998, Brodkorb 1978, Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Howse and Milner 1993, Murry et al. 1991, Naish et al. 2001, Naish and Martill 2007, Nopcsa 1928, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003, Seeley 1887, Van Den Broeck 1900, Varricchio 1997, Williston 1903 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Anhanguera, Anhangueridae, Brasileodactylus, Cearadactylus, Euornithocheira, Guidraco, Istiodactylus, Lanceodontia, Liaoningopterus, Lonchodectes, Longchengpterus, Ludodactylus, Nurhachius, Ornithocheirus, Piksi, Pteranodontoidea
Subtaxa: Ornithodesmus cluniculus
Type: Ornithodesmus cluniculus
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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