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Serradraco sagittirostris
Taxonomy
Pterodactylus sagittirostris was named by Owen (1874). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is St Leonards-on-Sea, which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian terrestrial horizon in the United Kingdom.
It was recombined as Lonchodectes sagittirostris by Unwin (2001) and Unwin (2003); it was considered a nomen dubium by Rodrigues and Kellner (2013); it was recombined as Serradraco sagittirostris by Rigal et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Lonchodectes sagittirostris by Unwin (2001) and Unwin (2003); it was considered a nomen dubium by Rodrigues and Kellner (2013); it was recombined as Serradraco sagittirostris by Rigal et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1874 | Pterodactylus sagittirostris Owen p. 3 figs. Pl. II, figs 1-8 |
| 1900 | Pterodactylus sagittirostris Van Den Broeck p. 106 |
| 2001 | Lonchodectes sagittirostris Unwin pp. 209-210 |
| 2003 | Lonchodectes sagittirostris Unwin p. 145 |
| 2017 | Serradraco sagittirostris Rigal et al. |
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†Serradraco sagittirostris Owen 1874
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. Rigal et al. 2017 | Pterodactyloid pterosaur in which the raised alveolar borders slope steeply toward the dentary dorsal surface caudally and gently rostrally giving the lateral outline of the jaw a saw-like appearance. Dentition isodont and erect. |
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Valanginian or 145.00000 to 132.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian | United Kingdom (England) | Pterodactylus sagittirostris (type locality: 92919) |