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Petrodactyle wellnhoferi

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Gallodactylidae

Taxonomy
Petrodactyle wellnhoferi was named by Hone et al. (2023) [zoobank.org/56C6CC35-859E-4D19-B61C-E8892F96AFC9]. Its type specimen is LF 2809, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is "Schaudiberg Quarry" Petrodactyle holotype locality, which is in a Tithonian marine limestone in the Mörnsheim Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Petrodactyle.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Petrodactyle wellnhoferi Hone et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Lophocratia
superfamilyCtenochasmatoideaUnwin 1995
familyGallodactylidaeFabre 1974
genusPetrodactyle
specieswellnhoferi

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.

†Petrodactyle wellnhoferi Hone et al. 2023
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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: Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) Petrodactyle wellnhoferi (type locality: 231911)