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Rhamphorhynchus
Taxonomy
Rhamphorhynchus was named by Meyer (1847).
It was assigned to Pterosauria by Günther (1886); to Ornithosauria by Sauvage (1900); to Rhamphorhynchidae by Zittel (1890), Spangenberg (1898), Delair (1958), Charig (1967) and Carroll (1988); to Pterosauria by Owen (1859), Owen (1860), Owen (1861) and Sereno (1991); to Pterodactyloidea by Headden and Campos (2014); to Lonchognatha by Andres et al. (2014); and to Rhamphorhynchinae by Unwin (2003), Andres et al. (2010) and Lu et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Pterosauria by Günther (1886); to Ornithosauria by Sauvage (1900); to Rhamphorhynchidae by Zittel (1890), Spangenberg (1898), Delair (1958), Charig (1967) and Carroll (1988); to Pterosauria by Owen (1859), Owen (1860), Owen (1861) and Sereno (1991); to Pterodactyloidea by Headden and Campos (2014); to Lonchognatha by Andres et al. (2014); and to Rhamphorhynchinae by Unwin (2003), Andres et al. (2010) and Lu et al. (2015).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1847 | Rhamphorhynchus Meyer |
1859 | Ramphorhynchus Owen p. 151 |
1860 | Rhamphorhynchus Owen p. 246 |
1861 | Rhamphorhynchus Owen p. 273 |
1886 | Rhamphorhynchus Günther p. 444 |
1890 | Rhamphorhynchus Zittel p. 794 |
1898 | Rhamphorhynchus Spangenberg p. 406 |
1900 | Rhamphorhynchus Sauvage p. 416 |
1931 | Rhamphorhynchus tendagurensis Reck p. 326 |
1958 | Rhamphorhynchus Delair p. 69 |
1967 | Rhamphorhynchus Charig p. 717 |
1967 | Rhamphorhynchus tendagurensis Charig p. 717 |
1988 | Rhamphorhynchus Carroll |
1991 | Rhamphorhynchus Sereno p. 19 |
2003 | Rhamphorhynchus Unwin p. 144 |
2010 | Rhamphorhynchus Andres et al. fig. 7 |
2014 | Rhamphorhynchus Andres et al. |
2014 | Rhamphorhynchus Headden and Campos |
2015 | Rhamphorhynchus Lu et al. |
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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. †Rhamphorhynchus Meyer 1847
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†Rhamphorhynchus curtimanus Wagner 1857
†Rhamphorhynchus etchesi O'Sullivan and Martill 2015
†Rhamphorhynchus hirundinaceus Wagner 1857
†Rhamphorhynchus longimanus Wagner 1858
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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
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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 |
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Middle Oxfordian | Portugal (Leiria) | R. sp. (69698) | |
Kimmeridgian | Portugal (Leiria) | R. sp. (24563) | |
Kimmeridgian | Germany | R. sp. (117200) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | R. muensteri, R. longiceps (154138) R. sp., R. muensteri, R. longiceps (41817) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Bayern) | R. longicaudus (57682) R. sp. (59175) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | Portugal (Centro) | Pterosauria indet. (38680) | |
Tithonian | Tanzania (Lindi) | R. tendagurensis (89996) | |
Tithonian | United Kingdom (England) | R. etchesi (178843) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bavaria) | Pterodactylus longicaudus (29012) R. longicaudus (58604 139876) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bayern) | Pterodactylus longicaudus (117534 123906 139551) R. longicaudus (53034 212958) R. sp., R. muensteri, R. gemmingi, R. longicaudus, R. longiceps (84365) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany | R. muensteri (212956) |