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Angustinaripterus longicephalus

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Rhamphorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Angustinaripterus longicephalus was named by He et al. (1983). Its type specimen is T8001, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dashanpu Dinosaur Quarry [lower], which is in a Bajocian/Oxfordian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Shaximiao Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Angustinaripterus longicephalus He et al. p. 27 fig. 1
2003Angustinaripterus longicephalus Unwin p. 144
2014Angustinaripterus longicephalus Andres et al.

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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
—Breviquartossa
familyRhamphorhynchidaeSeeley 1870
subfamilyRhamphorhynchinaeNopcsa 1928
genusAngustinaripterus
specieslongicephalus

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-01-04 11:38:30
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:23
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Padian 1985

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Oxfordian or 170.30000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian - Oxfordian170.3 - 157.3China (Sichuan) Angustinaripterus longicephalus (type locality: 24883)