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Rhamphocephalus
Taxonomy
Rhamphocephalus was named by Seeley (1880). It is not extant.
It was considered a nomen dubium by O'Sullivan and Martill (2018).
It was assigned to Rhamphorhynchidae by Zittel (1890), Spangenberg (1898) and Van Den Broeck (1900); to Pterosauria by Unwin (1996); and to Rhamphorhynchinae by Unwin (2003).
It was considered a nomen dubium by O'Sullivan and Martill (2018).
It was assigned to Rhamphorhynchidae by Zittel (1890), Spangenberg (1898) and Van Den Broeck (1900); to Pterosauria by Unwin (1996); and to Rhamphorhynchinae by Unwin (2003).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1880 | Rhamphocephalus Seeley |
1880 | Rhamphocephalus prestwichi Seeley |
1885 | Dolichorhamphus Seeley |
1890 | Rhamphocephalus Zittel p. 794 |
1898 | Rhamphocephalus Spangenberg p. 406 |
1900 | Rhamphocephalus Van Den Broeck p. 106 |
1996 | Rhamphocephalus Unwin |
2003 | Rhamphocephalus Unwin p. 144 |
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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.
G. †Rhamphocephalus Seeley 1880
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†Rhamphocephalus bucklandi Meyer 1832
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Invalid names: Pterodactylus aclandi Owen 1874 [synonym], Pterodactylus duncani Owen 1874 [synonym], Pterodactylus kiddi Owen 1874 [synonym]
†Rhamphocephalus depressirostris Huxley 1859
Invalid names: Dolichorhamphus Seeley 1885 [synonym], Rhamphocephalus prestwichi Seeley 1880 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bathonian to the top of the Oxfordian or 167.70000 to 157.30000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Bathonian | United Kingdom (England) | Rhamphorhynchoidea indet. (31054) Rhamphorhynchus depressirostris (52546) | |
Late/Upper Bathonian | United Kingdom (England) | R. sp. (91989) | |
Middle Bathonian | United Kingdom (England) | Pterodactylus bucklandi, Pterodactylus kiddi, Pterodactylus duncani, Pterodactylus aclandi (59357) R. sp. (57120 57140) | |
Oxfordian | United Kingdom (England) | Rhamphorhynchus bucklandi (100669) |