Reptilia - Pterosauria - Anhangueridae
Alternative combinations: Coloborhynchus capito, Ornithocheirus capito
Synonyms: Coloborhynchus reedi Seeley 1870, Ornithocheirus reedi Seeley 1870
Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1870. The Ornithosauria: an elementary study of the bones of pterodactyles, made from fossil remains found in the Cambridge Upper Greensand, and arranged in the Woodwardian Museum of the University of Cambridge, Deighton, Bell & Co, Cambridge
Belongs to Nicorhynchus according to B. Holgado and R. V. Pegas 2020
See also Jacobs et al. 2020, Martill and Unwin 2011, Seeley 1870, Unwin 2001 and Unwin 2003
Sister taxon: Nicorhynchus fluviferox
Type specimens:
- Nicorhynchus capito: 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 reedi: 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 the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
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