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Ornithocheirus wiedenrothi
Taxonomy
Ornithocheirus wiedenrothi was named by Wild (1990). Its type specimen is SMNS 56628, a partial skeleton (Very fragmentary cranial and postcranial remains), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Clay Pit, Engelbostel, Hannover, which is in a Hauterivian offshore claystone in Germany.
It was considered a nomen dubium by Barrett et al. (2008); it was recombined as Targaryendraco wiedenrothi by Pegas et al. (2020).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Barrett et al. (2008); it was recombined as Targaryendraco wiedenrothi by Pegas et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1990 | Ornithocheirus wiedenrothi Wild p. 243 figs. 1-4 |
| 2020 | Targaryendraco wiedenrothi Pegas et al. |
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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.
†Ornithocheirus wiedenrothi Wild 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Hauterivian or 132.60000 to 125.77000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Hauterivian | Germany | Ornithocheirus wiedenrothi (type locality: 91586) |