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Rhamphorhynchus

Reptilia - Rhamphorhynchidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Rhamphorhynchus Meyer
1859Ramphorhynchus Owen p. 151
1860Rhamphorhynchus Owen p. 246
1861Rhamphorhynchus Owen p. 273
1886Rhamphorhynchus Günther p. 444
1890Rhamphorhynchus Zittel p. 794
1898Rhamphorhynchus Spangenberg p. 406
1900Rhamphorhynchus Sauvage p. 416
1931Rhamphorhynchus tendagurensis Reck p. 326
1958Rhamphorhynchus Delair p. 69
1967Rhamphorhynchus Charig p. 717
1967Rhamphorhynchus tendagurensis Charig p. 717
1988Rhamphorhynchus Carroll
1991Rhamphorhynchus Sereno p. 19
2003Rhamphorhynchus Unwin p. 144
2010Rhamphorhynchus Andres et al. fig. 7
2014Rhamphorhynchus Andres et al.
2014Rhamphorhynchus Headden and Campos
2015Rhamphorhynchus Lu 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
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
Pterosauria(Kaup 1834)
Macronychoptera
NovialoideaKellner 2003
Breviquartossa
familyRhamphorhynchidaeSeeley 1870
subfamilyRhamphorhynchinaeNopcsa 1928
genusRhamphorhynchusMeyer 1847

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. †Rhamphorhynchus Meyer 1847
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Rhamphorhynchus etchesi O'Sullivan and Martill 2015
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Invalid names: Rhamphorhynchus suevicus Fraas 1855 [synonym]
Rhamphorhynchus muensteri Goldfuss 1831
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Invalid names: Odontorhynchus aculeatus Stolley 1936 [synonym], Rhamphorhynchus gemmingi Meyer 1846 [synonym], Rhamphorhynchus intermedius Koh 1937 [synonym], Rhamphorhynchus longicaudus Münster 1839 [synonym], Rhamphorhynchus longiceps Woodward 1902 [synonym], Rhamphorhynchus phyllurus Marsh 1882 [synonym]
Invalid names: Rhamphorhynchus tendagurensis Reck 1931 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volantg
Diet: piscivoreg
Created: 2009-01-05 17:19:09
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:19:09
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009, Gudger 1944, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 157.30000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Portugal (Leiria) R. sp. (69698)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Leiria) R. sp. (24563)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Germany R. sp. (117200)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) R. muensteri, R. longiceps (154138) R. sp., R. muensteri, R. longiceps (41817)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bayern) R. longicaudus (57682) R. sp. (59175)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Portugal (Centro) Pterosauria indet. (38680)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Tanzania (Lindi) R. tendagurensis (89996)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) R. etchesi (178843)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) Pterodactylus longicaudus (29012) R. longicaudus (58604 139876)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Pterodactylus longicaudus (117534 123906 139551) R. longicaudus (53034 212958) R. sp., R. muensteri, R. gemmingi, R. longicaudus, R. longiceps (84365)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany R. muensteri (212956)