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Ptenodactylus microdon
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).
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
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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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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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
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Measurements
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Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Collections
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