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Lonchodectes compressirostris

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Pterodactylus compressirostris was named by Owen (1851). Its type specimen is BMNH 39410, a maxilla (Partial upper jaw), and it is not a trace 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 Ornithochirus compressirostris by Lydekker (1888), Perrier (1928); it was recombined as Ornithocheirus compressirostris by Zittel (1890); it was considered a nomen dubium by Rodrigues and Kellner (2013); it was recombined as Lonchodectes compressirostris by Unwin (2001), Unwin (2003), Andres et al. (2014), Vila Nova et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Pterodactylus compressirostris Owen
1858Pterodactylus compressirostris Buckland p. 218
1859Pterodactylus compressirostris Owen p. 152
1860Pterodactylus compressirostris Owen p. 247
1861Pterodactylus compressirostris Owen p. 274
1888Ornithochirus compressirostris Lydekker
1890Ornithocheirus compressirostris Zittel p. 798
1928Ornithochirus compressirostris Perrier p. 3091
2001Lonchodectes compressirostris Unwin
2003Lonchodectes compressirostris Unwin p. 145
2014Lonchodectes compressirostris Andres et al.
2014Lonchodectes compressirostris 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
speciescompressirostris()

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: Padian 1985, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Pterodactylus compressirostris (type locality: 92426)