Ornithocephalus Soemmerring 1812 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Ornithocephalidae

Full reference: S. T. Soemmerring. 1812. Über einen Ornithocephalus [On an Ornithocephalus]. Denkschriften der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 3:89-158

Parent taxon: Ornithocephalinae according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Fitzinger 1826, Fitzinger 1843, Hay 1902 and Holl 1829

Sister taxon: Dermodactylus

Subtaxa: none

Type: Ornithocephalus antiquus

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ornithocephalus in the database

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