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Gnathosaurus macrurus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Pterodactylus macrurus was named by Seeley (1869). Its type specimen is SMC J5339, a mandible (Anterior part of mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Langton Matravers pterosaurs (PROXY), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Gnathosaurus macrurus by Howse and Milner (1995) and Unwin (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Pterodactylus macrurus Seeley pp. 89-90
1995Gnathosaurus macrurus Howse and Milner
2003Gnathosaurus macrurus Unwin p. 145

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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
—Pterosauria(Kaup 1834)
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Lophocratia
genusGnathosaurusMeyer 1833
speciesmacrurus()

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.

†Gnathosaurus macrurus Seeley 1869
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Diagnosis
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