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Dimorphodon
Taxonomy
Dimorphodon was named by Owen (1859).
It was assigned to Pterosauria by Günther (1886); to Rhamphorhynchidae by Zittel (1890), Spangenberg (1898), Van Den Broeck (1900), Charig (1967); to Pterosauria by Owen (1859), Owen (1860), Owen (1861), Sereno (1991); to Macronychoptera by Andres et al. (2010), Andres et al. (2014); and to Dimorphodontidae by Delair (1958), Carroll (1988), Clark et al. (1998), Unwin (2003), Lu et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Pterosauria by Günther (1886); to Rhamphorhynchidae by Zittel (1890), Spangenberg (1898), Van Den Broeck (1900), Charig (1967); to Pterosauria by Owen (1859), Owen (1860), Owen (1861), Sereno (1991); to Macronychoptera by Andres et al. (2010), Andres et al. (2014); and to Dimorphodontidae by Delair (1958), Carroll (1988), Clark et al. (1998), Unwin (2003), Lu et al. (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1859 | Dimorphodon Owen |
| 1860 | Dimorphodon Owen p. 246 |
| 1861 | Dimorphodon Owen p. 273 |
| 1886 | Dimorphodon Günther p. 444 |
| 1890 | Dimorphodon Zittel p. 793 |
| 1898 | Dimorphodon Spangenberg p. 406 |
| 1900 | Dimorphodon Van Den Broeck p. 106 |
| 1958 | Dimorphodon Delair p. 68 |
| 1967 | Dimorphodon Charig p. 717 |
| 1988 | Dimorphodon Carroll |
| 1991 | Dimorphodon Sereno p. 17 |
| 1998 | Dimorphodon Clark et al. p. 886 |
| 2003 | Dimorphodon Unwin p. 144 |
| 2010 | Dimorphodon Andres et al. fig. 7 |
| 2014 | Dimorphodon Andres et al. |
| 2015 | Dimorphodon Lu et al. |
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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. †Dimorphodon Owen 1859
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†Dimorphodon banthensis Theodori 1831
†Dimorphodon weintraubi Clark et al. 1998
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 201.40000 to 184.20000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hettangian | United Kingdom (England) | D. macronyx (91706) | |
| Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian | United Kingdom (England) | Pterodactylus macronyx (87878) | |
| Pliensbachian | Mexico (Tamaulipas) | Pterosauria indet. (226360) |