Alternative combinations: Criorhynchus simus, Pterodactylus simus
Synonym: Ornithocheirus platyrhinus Seeley 1870
Full reference: R. Owen. 1861. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Cretaceous formations. Supplement no. III. Pterosauria (Pterodactylus) and Sauropterygia (Polyptychodon). Palaeontographical Society Monographs 1-25
Belongs to Ornithocheirus according to B. Andres et al. 2014
See also Owen 1861, Owen 1874, Rodrigues and Kellner 2013, Seeley 1869, Seeley 1870, Unwin 2001 and Unwin 2003
Sister taxon: Ornithocheirus wiedenrothi
Type specimens:
- Ornithocheirus simus: CAMSM B54.428, a partial skull (Anterior portion of the rostrum). Its type locality is Cambridge Greensand [non-specific locality data], which is in an Albian open shallow subtidal marl in the West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Ornithocheirus platyrhinus: Its type locality is Cambridge Greensand [non-specific locality data], which is in an Albian open shallow subtidal marl in the West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Morocco (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
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