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Pteranodon longiceps

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Pteranodon longiceps was named by Marsh (1876). Its type specimen is YPM 1177, a skull (nearly complete skull), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is 3 mi NE Monument Rocks, which is in a Santonian offshore chalk in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Pteranodon (Longicepia) longiceps by Miller (1971), Miller (1971); it was synonymized subjectively with Pteranodon ingens by Schoch (1984).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Pteranodon longiceps Marsh p. 508
1884Pteranodon longiceps Marsh p. 426
1890Pteranodon longiceps Zittel p. 799
1892Pteranodon longiceps Williston p. 2
1897Pteranodon longiceps Marsh p. 510
1902Pteranodon longiceps Hay p. 508
1903Pteranodon longiceps Williston
1928Pteranodon longiceps Perrier p. 3092
1930Pteranodon longiceps Hay p. 163
1971Pteranodon (Longicepia) longiceps Miller p. 9
1971Pteranodon (Longicepia) marshi Miller p. 9
1971Pteranodon (Sternbergia) walkeri Miller p. 15
1971Pteranodon (Longicepia) longiceps Miller p. 21
1994Pteranodon longiceps Bennett p. 26
2003Pteranodon longiceps Unwin p. 145
2010Pteranodon longiceps Kellner
2014Pteranodon longiceps Andres et al.
2014Pteranodon longiceps Headden and Campos
2014Pteranodon longiceps Vila Nova et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Pteranodontia()
genusPteranodon
specieslongiceps

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.

†Pteranodon longiceps Marsh 1876
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Invalid names: Pteranodon (Longicepia) marshi Miller 1971 [synonym], Pteranodon (Sternbergia) walkeri Miller 1971 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volantg
Diet: piscivoreg
Created: 2009-01-05 17:19:48
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:19:48
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Padian 1985, Gudger 1944

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Middle Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Kansas) Pteranodon longiceps, Pteranodon ingens (93387)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Kansas) Pteranodon longiceps (84697 93225 type locality: 93234 93422) Pteranodon sp. (93391) Pteranodon walkeri (93386)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Pteranodon longiceps (94650)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Dakota) Pteranodon longiceps (94635 94636 94637 94638 94639 94641 94643 94644 94645 94646 94647 94648)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Pteranodon longiceps (235710)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Dakota) Pteranodon longiceps (94640)