Reptilia - Pterosauria - Anhangueridae
Alternative combination: Ornithocheirus clavirostris
Full reference: R. Owen. 1874. The fossil Reptilia of the Mesozoic formations. Part 1. Pterosauria. Palaeontographical Society Monographs 27(126):1-14
Belongs to Coloborhynchus according to B. Andres et al. 2014
See also Charig 1967, Holgado and Pegas 2020, Lee 1994, Martill and Unwin 2011, Rodrigues and Kellner 2008, Rodrigues and Kellner 2013, Unwin 2003, Van Den Broeck 1900 and Veldmeijer et al. 2006
Sister taxon: Coloborhynchus moroccensis
Type specimen: NHMUK PV R 1822, a partial skull (Premaxilla and partial maxilla). Its type locality is St Leonards-on-Sea, which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian terrestrial horizon in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution: found only at St Leonards-on-Sea
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