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Ptenodactylus microdon

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Taxonomy

Ptenodactylus microdon was named by Seeley (1869). Its type specimen is CAMSM B54486, a partial skull (Premaxilla), 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 Ornithocheirus microdon by Seeley (1870); it was recombined as Lonchodectes microdon by Hooley (1914), Unwin (2001) and Unwin (2003); it was recombined as Lonchodraco microdon by Rodrigues and Kellner (2013).

Synonyms

Ornithocheirus oweni was named by Seeley (1870). 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 synonymized subjectively with Ornithocheirus microdon by Unwin (2001) and Rodrigues and Kellner (2013).
Ornithocheirus huxleyi 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 synonymized subjectively with Ornithocheirus microdon by Unwin (2001).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1869	Ptenodactylus microdon Seeley
1870	Ornithocheirus oweni Seeley
1870	Ornithocheirus huxleyi Seeley p. 116
1870	Ornithocheirus microdon Seeley p. 116
1914	Lonchodectes microdon Hooley
2001	Lonchodectes microdon Unwin
2003	Lonchodectes microdon Unwin p. 145
2013	Lonchodraco microdon Rodrigues and Kellner

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Pterosauromorpha	Padian 1997
order	Pterosauria	Kaup 1834
genus	Ptenodactylus
species	microdon

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.

†Ptenodactylus microdon Seeley 1869

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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985

Collections

No collection or age range data are available