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Puntanipterus

Osteichthyes - Pterosauria

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by J. Head on 2003-01-23; modified by R. Butler on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Puntanipterus Bonaparte and Sánchez p. 106
1980Putanipterus Galton p. 340
1988Puntanipterus Carroll
1999Puntanipterus Unwin and Heinrich

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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
superfamilyDsungaripteroidea
genusPuntanipterus

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. †Puntanipterus Bonaparte and Sánchez 1975
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. F. Bonaparte and T. M. Sánchez 1975Pterodactilóideo con la fíbula en similar grado de reducción y fusión con la tibia que en Pterodaustro guiñazui, pero con el extremo distal provisto de una extensa articulación globosa integrada por los huesos tarsales proximales fusionados a la tibia; con procesos espinosos en las caras medial y lateral de esa área distal. [Pterodactyloid with fibula in a similar grade of reduction and fusion with the tibia as in Pterodaustro guiñazui, but with the distal end provided with an extensive globular articulation integrated by the proximal tarsal bones fused to the tibia; with spinous processes on the medial and lateral faces of that distal area.]
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available