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Lonchodectes platystomus

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Ornithocheirus platystomus was named by Seeley (1870). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Cambridge Greensand [non-specific locality data], which is in an Albian open shallow subtidal marl in the West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Lonchodectes platystomus by Unwin (2001), Unwin (2003).

Synonyms
  • Pterodactylus daviesii was named by Owen (1874). Its type specimen is BMNH 43074, a mandible (Partial mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Folkestone pterosaurs, which is in an Albian marine horizon in the Gault Formation of the United Kingdom.

    It was recombined as Ornithocheirus daviesii by Lydekker (1888); it was misspelled as Ornithocheirus daviesi by Zittel (1890); it was synonymized subjectively with Lonchodectes platystomus by Unwin (2001).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Pterodactylus daviesii Owen p. 2 figs. Pl. 1, figs 5-6
1888Ornithocheirus daviesii Lydekker
1890Ornithocheirus daviesi Zittel p. 798
2001Lonchodectes platystomus Unwin
2003Lonchodectes platystomus 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
genusLonchodectes
speciesplatystomus()

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.

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

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (3 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 platystomus (type locality: 94210) Pterodactyloidea indet. (94264)