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Lonchodectes

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Lonchodectes Hooley
2001Lonchodectes Unwin
2003Lonchodectes Unwin p. 145
2014Lonchodectes Andres et al.
2014Lonchodectes Vila Nova 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
—Pteranodontia()
superfamilyOrnithocheiroideaSeeley 1870
genusLonchodectes

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.

G. †Lonchodectes Hooley 1914
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†Lonchodectes microdon Seeley 1869
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Invalid names: Ornithocheirus huxleyi Seeley 1870 [synonym], Ornithocheirus oweni Seeley 1870 [synonym]
†Lonchodectes platystomus Seeley 1870
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Invalid names: Pterodactylus daviesii Owen 1874 [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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Middle Cenomanian or 106.30000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Pterodactylus daviesii (92920)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Ornithocheirus machaerorhynchus (94253) Ornithocheirus platystomus, Ornithocheirus oweni, Ornithocheirus microdon, Ornithocheirus huxleyi (94210) Pterodactyloidea indet. (94264)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Russian Federation (Volgograd) L. sp. (92399)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Pterodactylus compressirostris (92426)