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Rhamphocephalus depressirostris

Reptilia - Rhamphorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Rhamphorhynchus depressirostris was named by Huxley (1859). Its type specimen is GSM 113723, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sarsden, Chipping Norton, which is in a Bathonian marine limestone in the Sharp's Hill Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Rhamphocephalus depressirostris by Seeley (1880); it was synonymized subjectively with Klobiodon rochei by O'Sullivan and Martill (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Rhamphorhynchus depressirostris Huxley
1880Rhamphocephalus depressirostris Seeley

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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
—Breviquartossa
familyRhamphorhynchidaeSeeley 1870
subfamilyRhamphorhynchinaeNopcsa 1928
genusRhamphocephalus
speciesdepressirostris()

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