Gnathosaurus macrurus Seeley 1869

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Alternative combination: Pterodactylus macrurus

Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1869. Index to the Fossil Remains of Aves, Ornithosauria, and Reptilia, from the Secondary System of Strata, Arranged in the Woodwardian Museum of the University of Cambridge. Deighton, Bell, and Co, Cambridge 1-143

Belongs to Gnathosaurus according to D. M. Unwin 2003

See also Howse and Milner 1995 and Seeley 1869

Sister taxon: Gnathosaurus subulatus

Type specimen: SMC J5339, a mandible (Anterior part of mandible). Its type locality is Langton Matravers pterosaurs (PROXY), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the United Kingdom.

Distribution: found only at Langton Matravers pterosaurs (PROXY)

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