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Ardeadactylus longicollum

Reptilia - Pterosauria

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, which is in a Kimmeridgian open shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Nusplingen Limestone Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Ardeadactylus longicollum by Bennett (2013) and Andres et al. (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Pterodactylus longicollum Meyer
1858Pterodactylus vulturinus Wagner
1886Pterodactylus longicollis Winkler p. 198
1890Pterodactylus longicollum Zittel p. 792
1890Pterodactylus vulturinus Zittel p. 792
2013Ardeadactylus longicollum Bennett fig. 11
2014Ardeadactylus longicollum 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
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
genusArdeadactylus
specieslongicollum(Meyer 1854)

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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Invalid names: Pterodactylus vulturinus Wagner 1858 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. C. Bennett 2013Upper 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
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 Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 155.70000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Pterodactylus longicollum (type locality: 41817 154138)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Eastern Bavaria) Ardeadactylus longicollum (187436)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Pterodactylus longicollum (84365)