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Tropeognathus mesembrinus

Osteichthyes - Pterosauria - Anhangueridae

Taxonomy
Tropeognathus mesembrinus was named by Wellnhofer (1987). Its type specimen is BSP 1987 I 46, a skull (Skull and lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chapada do Araripe [Romualdo Fm.] (general), which is in an Aptian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal shale in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil.

It was recombined as Criorhynchus mesembrinus by Fastnacht (2001); it was recombined as Ornithocheirus mesembrinus by Unwin (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Tropeognathus mesembrinus Wellnhofer p. 178 fig. 2
2000Tropeognathus mesembrinus Kellner and Tomida
2001Criorhynchus mesembrinus Fastnacht
2003Ornithocheirus mesembrinus Unwin p. 145
2014Tropeognathus mesembrinus Andres et al.
2014Tropeognathus mesembrinus Headden and Campos
2014Tropeognathus mesembrinus Vila Nova 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
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Pteranodontia()
superfamilyOrnithocheiroideaSeeley 1870
familyAnhangueridae
subfamilyTropeognathinae
genusTropeognathus
speciesmesembrinus

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.

†Tropeognathus mesembrinus Wellnhofer 1987
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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: Padian 1985, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Tropeognathus mesembrinus, Criorhynchus mesembrinus (type locality: 92290)