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Nicorhynchus capito

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Anhangueridae

Taxonomy

Ornithocheirus capito was named by Seeley (1870). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Cambridge Greensand [non-specific locality data], which is in an Albian open shallow subtidal marl in the West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Coloborhynchus capito by Unwin (2001), Unwin (2003), Martill and Unwin (2011); it was recombined as Nicorhynchus capito by Holgado and Pegas (2020).

Synonyms

Ornithocheirus reedi was named by Seeley (1870). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Cambridge Greensand [non-specific locality data], which is in an Albian open shallow subtidal marl in the West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ornithocheirus capito by Unwin (2001); it was recombined as Coloborhynchus reedi by Jacobs et al. (2020).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1870	Ornithocheirus reedi Seeley p. 126
2001	Coloborhynchus capito Unwin
2003	Coloborhynchus capito Unwin p. 145
2011	Coloborhynchus capito Martill and Unwin
2020	Nicorhynchus capito Holgado and Pegas
2020	Coloborhynchus reedi Jacobs et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Pterosauromorpha	Padian 1997
order	Pterosauria	Kaup 1834
suborder	Pterodactyloidea	Plieninger 1901
—	Pteranodontia	()
superfamily	Ornithocheiroidea	Seeley 1870
family	Anhangueridae
subfamily	Coloborhynchinae	Holgado et al. 2019
genus	Nicorhynchus
species	capito	()

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.

†Nicorhynchus capito Seeley 1870

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Invalid names: Ornithocheirus reedi Seeley 1870 [synonym]

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 10:39:23

Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	United Kingdom (England)	Ornithocheirus capito (94258) Ornithocheirus capito, Ornithocheirus reedi (type locality: 94210)