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Bennettazhia oregonensis

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae

Taxonomy
Pteranodon oregonensis was named by Gilmore (1928). Its type specimen is USNM, a limb element (humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nelson Creek, which is in an Albian marine shale in the Hudspeth Formation of Oregon. It is the type species of Bennettazhia.

It was recombined as Bennettazhia oregonensis by Nessov (1991) and Andres et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Pteranodon oregonensis Gilmore p. 2 figs. 1-2
1930Pteranodon oregonensis Hay p. 163
1991Bennettazhia oregonensis Nessov p. 20
2014Bennettazhia oregonensis Andres 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
superfamilyAzhdarchoideaUnwin 1992
familyAzhdarchidae
genusBennettazhia
speciesoregonensis()

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.

†Bennettazhia oregonensis Gilmore 1928
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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, Carroll 1988, Padian 1985

Age range: Albian or 113.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Oregon) Bennettazhia oregonensis (229463) Pteranodon oregonensis (type locality: 92236)