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Pterodactylus kochi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Ornithocephalus kochi was named by Wagner (1837).

It was recombined as Pterodactylus kochii by Owen (1859) and Owen (1861); it was recombined as Germanodactylus kochi by Young (1964) and Charig (1967); it was synonymized subjectively with Pterodactylus antiquus by Jouve (2004) and Bennett (2013); it was misspelled as Pterodactylus kochii by Owen (1860); it was recombined as Pterodactylus kochi by Meyer (1845), Winkler (1886), Zittel (1890), Unwin (2003) and Andres et al. (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Ornithocephalus kochi Wagner
1845Pterodactylus kochi Meyer p. 281
1850Pterodactylus scolopaciceps Meyer
1859Pterodactylus kochii Owen p. 151
1860Pterodactylus kochii Owen p. 247
1861Pterodactylus kochii Owen p. 274
1886Pterodactylus kochi Winkler p. 198
1890Pterodactylus kochi Zittel p. 792
1964Germanodactylus kochi Young p. 251
1967Germanodactylus kochi Charig p. 717
2003Pterodactylus kochi Unwin p. 145
2014Pterodactylus kochi Andres et al.
2014Aerodactylus scolopaciceps Vidovic and Martill

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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
—Pterosauria(Kaup 1834)
—Macronychoptera
—NovialoideaKellner 2003
—Lonchognatha
—Monofenestrata
genusPterodactylusCuvier 1809
specieskochi(Wagner 1837)

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.

†Pterodactylus kochi Wagner 1837
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Invalid names: Pterodactylus scolopaciceps Meyer 1850 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available