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Coloborhynchus clavirostris

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Anhangueridae

Taxonomy
Coloborhynchus clavirostris was named by Owen (1874). Its type specimen is NHMUK PV R 1822, a partial skull (Premaxilla and partial maxilla), and it is a 3D body 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 Ornithocheirus clavirostris by Van Den Broeck (1900).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Coloborhynchus clavirostris Owen p. 6 figs. Pl. 1, figs 1-4
1900Ornithocheirus clavirostris Van Den Broeck p. 106
1967Coloborhynchus clavirostris Charig p. 718
1994Coloborhynchus clavirostris Lee
2003Coloborhynchus clavirostris Unwin p. 145
2006Coloborhynchus clavirostris Veldmeijer et al.
2008Coloborhynchus clavirostris Rodrigues and Kellner
2011Coloborhynchus clavirostris Martill and Unwin
2013Coloborhynchus clavirostris Rodrigues and Kellner
2014Coloborhynchus clavirostris Andres et al.
2020Coloborhynchus clavirostris Holgado and Pegas

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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
—Pteranodontia()
superfamilyOrnithocheiroideaSeeley 1870
familyAnhangueridae
subfamilyColoborhynchinaeHolgado et al. 2019
genusColoborhynchus
speciesclavirostris

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.

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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: base of the Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Valanginian or 139.10000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian139.1 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Coloborhynchus clavirostris (type locality: 92919)