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Ardeadactylus longicollum
Taxonomy
Pterodactylus longicollum was named by Meyer (1854). Its type specimen is SMNS 56603 (neotype) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nusplingen quarry (SMNS collection), which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Germany.
It was recombined as Ardeadactylus longicollum by Bennett (2013), Andres et al. (2014).
It was recombined as Ardeadactylus longicollum by Bennett (2013), Andres et al. (2014).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1854 | Pterodactylus longicollum Meyer |
| 1858 | Pterodactylus vulturinus Wagner |
| 1886 | Pterodactylus longicollis Winkler p. 198 |
| 1890 | Pterodactylus longicollum Zittel p. 792 |
| 1890 | Pterodactylus vulturinus Zittel p. 792 |
| 2013 | Ardeadactylus longicollum Bennett fig. 11 |
| 2014 | Ardeadactylus longicollum Andres et al. |
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†Ardeadactylus longicollum Meyer 1854
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Invalid names: Pterodactylus vulturinus Wagner 1858 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. C. Bennett 2013 | Upper Jurassic pterodactyloid with elongate skull, a slender and elongated rostrum and the superior margin of the anterior skull markedly concave; tooth number ~15 teeth per jaw side in mature adults; teeth strong, gently curving, and somewhat anteriorly inclined; posterior teeth equivalent in size to anterior teeth; tooth row length ~50% of jaw length, and upper tooth row not extending under the naso-antorbital fenestra. Cervical vertebrae 3-7 elongate, and neck relatively longer that in Cycnorhamphus, Ctenochasma, and Aurorazhdarcho (shared with Pterodactylus). In known specimens WP2 is 65–71 % of WP1 length, and WP1-4 lengths exhibit a concave upward curve in modified Nopcsa curves. |
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 152.21000 to 145.06000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Eastern Bavaria) | Ardeadactylus longicollum (187436) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Pterodactylus longicollum (154138 type locality: 229120) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bayern) | Pterodactylus longicollum (84365) |