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Ornithocheirus simus

Osteichthyes - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Pterodactylus simus was named by Owen (1861). Its type specimen is CAMSM B54.428, a partial skull (Anterior portion of the rostrum), and it is a 3D body 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 Criorhynchus simus by Owen (1874); it was recombined as Ornithocheirus simus by Seeley (1869), Seeley (1870), Unwin (2001), Unwin (2003), Rodrigues and Kellner (2013), Andres et al. (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Pterodactylus simus Owen
1869Ornithocheirus platyrhinus Seeley
1869Ornithocheirus simus Seeley
1870Ornithocheirus platyrhinus Seeley
1870Ornithocheirus simus Seeley
1874Criorhynchus simus Owen
2001Ornithocheirus simus Unwin
2003Ornithocheirus simus Unwin p. 145
2013Ornithocheirus simus Rodrigues and Kellner
2014Ornithocheirus simus Andres et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
genusOrnithocheirus
speciessimus()

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 simus Owen 1861
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Invalid names: Ornithocheirus platyrhinus Seeley 1870 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985, Carroll 1988

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

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Pterodactylus simus, Ornithocheirus platyrhinus (type locality: 94210)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Ornithocheirus simus (209058)