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Cycnorhamphus suevicus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Pterodactylus suevicus was named by Quenstadt (1855). Its type specimen is GPIT, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Nusplingen quarry, which is in a Kimmeridgian open shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Nusplingen Limestone Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Gallodactylus suevicus by Fabre (1976) and Wellnhofer (1978); it was recombined as Cycnorhamphus suevicus by Seeley (1870), Bennett (1996), Unwin (2003), Bennett (2013) and Andres et al. (2014).

Synonyms
  • Pterodactylus eurychirus was named by Wagner (1858). Its type specimen is BSPG (specimen lost) and is a compression fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Pterodactylus suevicus by Bennett (1996).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Pterodactylus suevicus Quenstadt
1856Pterodactylus suevicus Quenstedt p. 129
1858Pterodactylus eurychirus Wagner
1869Pterodactylus suevicus Seeley p. 142
1870Cycnorhamphus suevicus Seeley
1890Pterodactylus suevicus Zittel p. 793
1976Gallodactylus suevicus Fabre
1978Gallodactylus suevicus Wellnhofer
1996Cycnorhamphus suevicus Bennett
2003Cycnorhamphus suevicus Unwin p. 145
2013Cycnorhamphus suevicus Bennett
2014Cycnorhamphus suevicus Andres et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
—Pterosauria(Kaup 1834)
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Lophocratia
genusCycnorhamphusSeeley 1870
speciessuevicus(Quenstadt 1855)

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.

†Cycnorhamphus suevicus Quenstadt 1855
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Invalid names: Pterodactylus eurychirus Wagner 1858 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-01-04 11:38:30
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:23
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 155.70000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Cycnorhamphus suevicus (154138) Pterodactylus suevicus (type locality: 41817)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Pterodactylus suevicus (84365)