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Pterodactylus longirostris

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Pterodactylus longirostris was named by Cuvier (1819).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pterodactylus antiquus by Lydekker (1888).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Pterodactylus longirostris Cuvier
1826Pterodactylus crocodilocephaloides Ritgen p. 344
1829Pterodactylus longirostris Holl p. 81
1841Pterodactylus longirostris Owen p. 273
1842Pterodactylus longirostris Owen p. 156
1843Pterodactylus longirostris Fitzinger p. 35
1845Pterodactylus longirostris Meyer p. 281
1858Pterodactylus longirostris Buckland p. 217
1859Pterodactylus longirostris Owen p. 151
1860Pterodactylus longirostris Owen p. 247
1861Pterodactylus longirostris Owen p. 274
1886Pterodactylus longirostris Winkler p. 198
1890Pterodactylus longirostris Zittel p. 792
1895Pterodactylus longirostris Lyman figs. Pl. 607

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
—Macronychoptera
—NovialoideaKellner 2003
—Lonchognatha
—Monofenestrata
genusPterodactylusCuvier 1809
specieslongirostrisCuvier 1819

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Pterodactylus crocodilocephaloides Ritgen 1826 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available