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Dendrorhynchoides curvidentatus

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Anurognathidae

Taxonomy
Dendrorhynchus curvidentatus was named by Ji and Ji (1998). Its type specimen is GMV 2128, a skeleton (Relatively complete skeleton), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Sihetun, Yixian bed 8, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine siltstone/mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

It was recombined as Dendrorhynchoides curvidentatus by Ji et al. (1999), Unwin (2003), Wang and Zhou (2006), Zhou and Wang (2010), Andres et al. (2014), Hone (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Dendrorhynchus curvidentatus Ji and Ji fig. 1
1999Dendrorhynchoides curvidentatus Ji et al. p. 574
2003Dendrorhynchoides curvidentatus Unwin p. 144
2006Dendrorhynchoides curvidentatus Wang and Zhou p. 406
2010Dendrorhynchoides curvidentatus Zhou and Wang
2014Dendrorhynchoides curvidentatus Andres et al.
2020Dendrorhynchoides curvidentatus Hone

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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
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
—Macronychoptera
—NovialoideaKellner 2003
—Lonchognatha
—Monofenestrata
—Caelidracones
familyAnurognathidae()
genusDendrorhynchoides
speciescurvidentatus()

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: volantg
Diet: insectivoreg
Created: 2009-01-05 17:58:09
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:58:09
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wang and Zhou 2006, Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 125.77000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57China (Liaoning) Dendrorhynchus curvidentatus (type locality: 10761)