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Gallodactylus canjuersensis

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Gallodactylus canjuersensis was named by Fabre (1976). Its type specimen is CNJ-71, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Canjuers-Les Bessons quarry (micronatum biozone), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal lime mudstone/mudstone in France.

It was recombined as Cycnorhamphus canjuersensis by Bennett (1996) and Unwin (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Gallodactylus canjuersensis Fabre
1996Cycnorhamphus canjuersensis Bennett
2003Cycnorhamphus canjuersensis Unwin p. 145
2014Gallodactylus canjuersensis Andres et al.

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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
—Lophocratia
genusGallodactylusFabre 1976
speciescanjuersensis

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.

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

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Gallodactylus canjuersensis (type locality: 35262)