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Gladocephaloideus jingangshanensis

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Gallodactylidae

Taxonomy
Gladocephaloideus jingangshanensis was named by Lü et al. (2012). Its type specimen is IG-CAGS-08-07, a skull (Nearly complete skull with anterior cervical vertebrae and part of lower limb), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Jingangshan, Yixian (IVPP), which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale in the Yixian Formation of China. It is the type species of Gladocephaloideus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Gladocephaloideus jingangshanensis Lü 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
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Lophocratia
superfamilyCtenochasmatoideaUnwin 1995
familyGallodactylidaeFabre 1974
genusGladocephaloideus
speciesjingangshanensis

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Lü et al. 2012A new gallodactylid pterosaur with the following unique characters: rostrum more slender, and the distal end of the parietal crest larger than that of Gallodactylus; about 50 teeth in total with sharp tips; nasoantorbital opening small, occupying approximately 13% of the
skull length; ratio of prenarial length to skull length approximately 0.63.
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, Padian 1985, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 130.00000 to 122.46000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46China (Liaoning) Gladocephaloideus jingangshanensis (type locality: 79521)