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Anhanguera cuvieri

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Pterodactylus cuvieri was named by Bowerbank (1851). Its type specimen is BMNH 39409, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Culand Pits, Burham, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian basinal (carbonate) chalk/marl in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Ptenodactylus cuvieri by Seeley (1869); it was recombined as Ornithocheirus cuvieri by Seeley (1870), Zittel (1890) and Charig (1967); it was recombined as Anhanguera cuvieri by Unwin (2001) and Unwin (2003).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Pterodactylus cuvieri Bowerbank
1858Pterodactylus cuvieri Buckland p. 218
1859Pterodactylus cuvieri Owen p. 152
1860Pterodactylus cuvieri Owen p. 247
1861Pterodactylus cuvieri Owen p. 274
1869Ptenodactylus cuvieri Seeley
1870Ornithocheirus cuvieri Seeley
1870Ornithocheirus denticulatus Seeley p. 122
1890Ornithocheirus cuvieri Zittel p. 798
1967Ornithocheirus cuvieri Charig p. 718
2001Anhanguera cuvieri Unwin
2003Anhanguera cuvieri Unwin p. 145

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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
—Pteranodontia()
superfamilyOrnithocheiroideaSeeley 1870
genusAnhanguera
speciescuvieri(Bowerbank 1851)

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.

†Anhanguera cuvieri Bowerbank 1851
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Invalid names: Ornithocheirus colorhinus Seeley 1869 [synonym], Ornithocheirus denticulatus Seeley 1870 [synonym]
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, Padian 1985, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 105.30000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Pterodactylus cuvieri, Ornithocheirus denticulatus, Ornithocheirus colorhinus (94210)