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Austriadactylus cristatus

Osteichthyes - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Austriadactylus cristatus was named by Dalla Vecchia et al. (2002). Its type specimen is SMNS 56342, a skeleton (nearly complete articulated skeleton missing distal parts of the limbs), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Austriadactylus type locality near Ankerschlag, which is in a Sevatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Seefelder Schichten Formation of Austria.

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2007-01-16; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Austriadactylus cristatus Dalla Vecchia et al. p. 196
2003Austriadactylus cristatus Unwin p. 144
2013Austriadactylus cristatus Dalla Vecchia
2014Austriadactylus cristatus Andres et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
genusAustriadactylus
speciescristatus

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.

Austriadactylus cristatus Dalla Vecchia et al. 2002
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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: Sevatian or 211.18000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alaunian - Sevatian215.38 - 205.7Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) Austriadactylus cristatus (83471)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Austria (Tyrol) Austriadactylus cristatus (type locality: 68334)