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Arambourgiania philadelphiae

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae

Taxonomy
Titanopteryx philadelphiae was named by Arambourg (1959). Its type specimen is Univ. Jordan, Dept. Geol. Coll. VF-1, a set of vertebrae (Cervical vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ruseifa phosphate mine, which is in a Maastrichtian shallow subtidal phosphorite/limestone in the Phosphorite Unit Formation of Jordan. It is the type species of Titanopteryx, Arambourgiania.

It was recombined as Arambourgiania philadelphiae by Nessov (1984), Nessov (1991), Martill and Frey (1998), Unwin (2003) and Andres et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Titanopteryx philadelphiae Arambourg
1967Titanopteryx philadelphiae Charig p. 718
1984Arambourgiania philadelphiae Nessov
1991Arambourgiania philadelphiae Nessov p. 21
1998Arambourgiania philadelphiae Martill and Frey
2003Arambourgiania philadelphiae Unwin
2014Arambourgiania philadelphiae 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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
superfamilyAzhdarchoideaUnwin 1992
familyAzhdarchidae
genusArambourgianiaNessov et al. 1987
speciesphiladelphiae()

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.

†Arambourgiania philadelphiae Arambourg 1959
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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: Carroll 1988, Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jordan Titanopteryx philadelphiae, Arambourgiania philadelphiae (type locality: 13366)