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Pteranodon longiceps
Taxonomy
Pteranodon longiceps was named by Marsh (1876). Its type specimen is YPM 1177, a skull (nearly complete skull), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is 3 mi NE Monument Rocks, which is in a Santonian offshore chalk in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas.
It was recombined as Pteranodon (Longicepia) longiceps by Miller (1971) and Miller (1971); it was synonymized subjectively with Pteranodon ingens by Schoch (1984).
It was recombined as Pteranodon (Longicepia) longiceps by Miller (1971) and Miller (1971); it was synonymized subjectively with Pteranodon ingens by Schoch (1984).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1876 | Pteranodon longiceps Marsh p. 508 |
1884 | Pteranodon longiceps Marsh p. 426 |
1890 | Pteranodon longiceps Zittel p. 799 |
1892 | Pteranodon longiceps Williston p. 2 |
1897 | Pteranodon longiceps Marsh p. 510 |
1902 | Pteranodon longiceps Hay p. 508 |
1903 | Pteranodon longiceps Williston |
1928 | Pteranodon longiceps Perrier p. 3092 |
1930 | Pteranodon longiceps Hay p. 163 |
1971 | Pteranodon (Longicepia) longiceps Miller p. 9 |
1971 | Pteranodon (Longicepia) marshi Miller p. 9 |
1971 | Pteranodon (Sternbergia) walkeri Miller p. 15 |
1971 | Pteranodon (Longicepia) longiceps Miller p. 21 |
1994 | Pteranodon longiceps Bennett p. 26 |
2003 | Pteranodon longiceps Unwin p. 145 |
2010 | Pteranodon longiceps Kellner |
2014 | Pteranodon longiceps Andres et al. |
2014 | Pteranodon longiceps Headden and Campos |
2014 | Pteranodon longiceps Vila Nova et al. |
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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.
†Pteranodon longiceps Marsh 1876
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Invalid names: Pteranodon (Longicepia) marshi Miller 1971 [synonym], Pteranodon (Sternbergia) walkeri Miller 1971 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available