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Gnathosaurus

Osteichthyes - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Gnathosaurus was named by Meyer (1833) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith-l Sepkoski's reference number: 620]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Saurii by Meyer (1845); to Crocodilidae by d'Orbigny (1849); to Crocodilia by Sepkoski (2002); to Gnathosaurinae by Unwin (2002), Unwin (2003); to Ctenochasmatidae by Carroll (1988), Howse and Milner (1995), Andres and Ji (2008); and to Lophocratia by Andres et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Gnathosaurus Meyer
1845Gnathosaurus Meyer p. 283
1849Gnathosaurus d'Orbigny p. 206
1988Gnathosaurus Carroll
1995Gnathosaurus Howse and Milner
2002Gnathosaurus Sepkoski
2002Gnathosaurus Unwin
2003Gnathosaurus Unwin p. 145
2008Gnathosaurus Andres and Ji
2014Gnathosaurus Andres 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
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Lophocratia
genusGnathosaurusMeyer 1833

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.

G. †Gnathosaurus Meyer 1833
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†Gnathosaurus macrurus Seeley 1869
†Gnathosaurus subulatus Meyer 1833
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 15:39:23
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Bathonian to the top of the Berriasian or 168.20000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) G. sp. (59357)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) G. subulatus (84365)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) Pterodactylus macrurus (92914)