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Plataleorhynchus streptophorodon

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Plataleorhynchus streptophorodon was named by Howse and Milner (1995). Its type specimen is BMNH R.11967, a partial skull (Rostrum), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Langton Matravers pterosaurs (PROXY), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Plataleorhynchus streptophorodon Howse and Milner p. 77 figs. 3-6
2003Plataleorhynchus streptophorodon Unwin p. 145
2014Plataleorhynchus streptophorodon 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
—Lophocratia
genusPlataleorhynchus
speciesstreptophorodon

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.

†Plataleorhynchus streptophorodon Howse and Milner 1995
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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: Berriasian or 143.10000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) Plataleorhynchus streptophorodon (type locality: 92914)