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Dearc sgiathanach

Osteichthyes - Pterosauria - Rhamphorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Dearc sgiathanach was named by Jagielska et al. (2022). Its type specimen is NMS G.2021.6.1-4, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rubha nam Brathairean pterosaur, which is in a Bathonian lagoonal lime mudstone in the Lealt Shale Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Dearc.

Entered
by G. Varnham (authorized by P. Mannion) on 2022-04-07; modified by M. Carrano on 2025-02-11

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Dearc sgiathanach Jagielska et al.

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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
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
—Macronychoptera
—NovialoideaKellner 2003
—Breviquartossa
familyRhamphorhynchidaeSeeley 1870
subfamilyRhamphorhynchinaeNopcsa 1928
tribeAngustinaripterini
genusDearc
speciessgiathanach

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.

†Dearc sgiathanach Jagielska et al. 2022
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Pterosauria indet. (type locality: 238818)