†Purbeckopus Delair 1963 (pterosaur)
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Reptilia - Pterosauria - Pteraichnidae
Full reference: J. B. Delair. 1963. Notes on Purbeck fossil footprints, with descriptions of two hitherto unknown forms from Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 84:92-100
Parent taxon: Pteraichnidae according to B. Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2009
See also Delair 1963 and Wright et al. 1997
Sister taxon: Pteraichnus
Subtaxa: Purbeckopus pentadactylus
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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