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Ornithodesmus
Taxonomy
Ornithodesmus was named by Seeley (1887). Its type is Ornithodesmus cluniculus. It is the type genus of Ornithodesmidae.
It was assigned to Aves by Seeley (1887); to Nyctosaurinae by Williston (1903); to Ornithodesminae by Nopcsa (1928); to Ornithodesmidae by Charig (1967); to Ornithocheiridae by Zittel (1890), Van Den Broeck (1900), Brodkorb (1978) and Carroll (1988); to Pteranodontidae by Murry et al. (1991); to Ornithocheiroidea by Unwin and Lü (1997); to Troodontidae by Howse and Milner (1993), Varricchio (1997) and Blows (1998); to Theropoda by Naish et al. (2001); and to Dromaeosauridae by Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo (2003) and Naish and Martill (2007).
It was assigned to Aves by Seeley (1887); to Nyctosaurinae by Williston (1903); to Ornithodesminae by Nopcsa (1928); to Ornithodesmidae by Charig (1967); to Ornithocheiridae by Zittel (1890), Van Den Broeck (1900), Brodkorb (1978) and Carroll (1988); to Pteranodontidae by Murry et al. (1991); to Ornithocheiroidea by Unwin and Lü (1997); to Troodontidae by Howse and Milner (1993), Varricchio (1997) and Blows (1998); to Theropoda by Naish et al. (2001); and to Dromaeosauridae by Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo (2003) and Naish and Martill (2007).
Species
O. cluniculus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1887 | Ornithodesmus Seeley p. 206 |
| 1890 | Ornithodesmus Zittel p. 798 |
| 1900 | Ornithodesmus Van Den Broeck p. 106 |
| 1903 | Ornithodesmus Williston p. 159 |
| 1928 | Ornithodesmus Nopcsa p. 188 |
| 1967 | Ornithodesmus Charig p. 718 |
| 1978 | Ornithodesmus Brodkorb p. 226 |
| 1988 | Ornithodesmus Carroll |
| 1991 | Ornithodesmus Murry et al. p. 167 |
| 1993 | Ornithodesmus Howse and Milner |
| 1997 | Ornithodesmus Unwin and Lü |
| 1997 | Ornithodesmus Varricchio p. 750 |
| 1998 | Ornithodesmus Blows p. 35 |
| 2001 | Ornithodesmus Naish et al. p. 306 |
| 2003 | Ornithodesmus Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo p. 293 |
| 2007 | Ornithodesmus Naish and Martill p. 504 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Valanginian to the top of the Barremian or 140.20000 to 125.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Valanginian | United Kingdom (England) | O. sp. (96621) | |
| Barremian | United Kingdom (England) | O. cluniculus (48853) |