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Geosternbergia maiseyi

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Pteranodontidae

Taxonomy
Geosternbergia maiseyi was named by Kellner (2010). Its type specimen is KUVP 27821, a partial skull, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Edgemont area, which is in a Campanian/Campanian marine horizon in the Pierre Shale Formation of South Dakota.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Geosternbergia maiseyi Kellner p. 1068

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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
—Pteranodontia()
familyPteranodontidae
genusGeosternbergiaMiller 1978
speciesmaiseyi

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.

†Geosternbergia maiseyi Kellner 2010
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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: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Middle Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Dakota) Geosternbergia maiseyi (type locality: 101100)