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Ornithocheirus
Taxonomy
Ornithocheirus was named by Seeley (1869). It is the type genus of Ornithocheiridae, Ornithocheirinae.
It was assigned to Ornithosauria by Seeley (1869), Seeley (1881); to Ornithocheirinae by Williston (1903); to Pteranodontidae by Bennett (1989); to Pteranodontidae by Murry et al. (1991); to Pterodactyloidea by Galton (1994); to Ornithocheiridae by Zittel (1890), Van Den Broeck (1900), Delair (1958), Charig (1967), Carroll (1988), Wild (1990), Howse and Milner (1995); to Ornithocheiridae by Wellnhofer (1980), Unwin (2001), Unwin (2003), Rodrigues and Kellner (2013); and to Ornithocheiroidea by Andres et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Ornithosauria by Seeley (1869), Seeley (1881); to Ornithocheirinae by Williston (1903); to Pteranodontidae by Bennett (1989); to Pteranodontidae by Murry et al. (1991); to Pterodactyloidea by Galton (1994); to Ornithocheiridae by Zittel (1890), Van Den Broeck (1900), Delair (1958), Charig (1967), Carroll (1988), Wild (1990), Howse and Milner (1995); to Ornithocheiridae by Wellnhofer (1980), Unwin (2001), Unwin (2003), Rodrigues and Kellner (2013); and to Ornithocheiroidea by Andres et al. (2014).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1835 | Palaeornis Mantell |
| 1846 | Cimoliornis Owen |
| 1852 | Cimoliornis Gervais p. 265 |
| 1869 | Ornithocheirus Seeley p. xvi |
| 1874 | Criorhynchus Owen |
| 1881 | Ornithocheirus Seeley p. 620 |
| 1890 | Ornithocheirus Zittel p. 797 |
| 1900 | Ornithocheirus Van Den Broeck p. 106 |
| 1903 | Ornithocheirus Williston p. 159 |
| 1958 | Ornithocheirus Delair p. 71 |
| 1964 | Criorhynchus Young p. 253 |
| 1967 | Ornithocheirus Charig p. 718 |
| 1980 | Ornithocheirus Wellnhofer |
| 1988 | Criorhynchus Carroll |
| 1988 | Ornithocheirus Carroll |
| 1989 | Ornithocheirus Bennett |
| 1990 | Ornithocheirus Wild |
| 1991 | Ornithocheirus Murry et al. p. 167 |
| 1994 | Ornithocheirus Galton p. 265 |
| 1995 | Ornithocheirus Howse and Milner |
| 2001 | Criorhynchus Fastnacht |
| 2001 | Ornithocheirus Unwin |
| 2002 | Criorhynchus Veldmeijer |
| 2003 | Ornithocheirus Unwin p. 145 |
| 2013 | Ornithocheirus Rodrigues and Kellner |
| 2014 | Ornithocheirus Andres 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. †Ornithocheirus Seeley 1869
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†Ornithocheirus simus Owen 1861
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Invalid names: Ornithocheirus platyrhinus Seeley 1870 [synonym]
†Ornithocheirus wiedenrothi Wild 1990
Invalid names: Cimoliornis Owen 1846 [synonym], Criorhynchus Owen 1874 [objective synonym], Palaeornis Mantell 1835 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 132.60000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Hauterivian | Germany | O. wiedenrothi (91586) | |
| Hauterivian | France (Champagne-Ardenne) | O. sp. (94138) | |
| Barremian | Portugal (Lisboa) | O. sp. (75267) | |
| Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | United Kingdom (England) | O. sp. (92917) | |
| Middle Albian | France (Champagne-Ardenne) | O. sp. (85311) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | United Kingdom (England) | O. sp., Pterodactylus simus, O. platyrhinus (94210) | |
| Cenomanian | Russian Federation (Saratov) | O. sp. (92417) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) | O. simus (209058) | |
| Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | O. sp. (118409) | |
| Cenomanian - Turonian | Congo-Kinshasa (Kasai-Oriental) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (89997) |