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Nicorhynchus capito

Reptilia - Anhangueridae

Taxonomy
Ornithocheirus capito was named by Seeley (1870). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Cambridge Greensand [non-specific locality data], which is in an Albian open shallow subtidal marl in the West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Coloborhynchus capito by Unwin (2001), Unwin (2003) and Martill and Unwin (2011); it was recombined as Nicorhynchus capito by Holgado and Pegas (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Ornithocheirus reedi Seeley p. 126
2001Coloborhynchus capito Unwin
2003Coloborhynchus capito Unwin p. 145
2011Coloborhynchus capito Martill and Unwin
2020Nicorhynchus capito Holgado and Pegas
2020Coloborhynchus reedi Jacobs et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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)
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
Pteranodontia()
superfamilyOrnithocheiroideaSeeley 1870
familyAnhangueridae
subfamilyColoborhynchinaeHolgado et al. 2019
genusNicorhynchus
speciescapito()

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.

Nicorhynchus capito Seeley 1870
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Invalid names: Ornithocheirus reedi Seeley 1870 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available