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Rhamphorhynchus muensteri

Reptilia - Rhamphorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Ornithocephalus muensteri was named by Goldfuss (1831).

It was recombined as Pterodactylus muensteri by Meyer (1845); it was recombined as Pterodactylus munsteri by Seeley (1869); it was misspelled as Pterodactylus munsteri by Buckland (1858) and Owen (1859); it was recombined as Rhamphorhynchus muensteri by Owen (1860), Owen (1861), Zittel (1890), Unwin (2003), Andres et al. (2014), Headden and Campos (2014) and O'Sullivan and Martill (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Ornithocephalus muensteri Goldfuss
1841Pterodactylus munsteri Owen p. 274
1845Pterodactylus muensteri Meyer p. 282
1846Pterodactylus gemmingi Meyer
1858Pterodactylus munsteri Buckland p. 218
1859Ramphorhynchus gemmingi Owen p. 151
1859Ramphorhynchus longicaudus Owen p. 151
1859Ramphorhynchus muensteri Owen p. 151
1860Rhamphorhynchus gemmingi Owen p. 246
1860Rhamphorhynchus longicaudus Owen p. 246
1860Rhamphorhynchus muensteri Owen p. 246
1861Rhamphorhynchus gemmingi Owen p. 274
1861Rhamphorhynchus longicaudus Owen p. 274
1861Rhamphorhynchus muensteri Owen p. 274
1869Pterodactylus munsteri Seeley p. 142
1869Rhamphorhynchus longicauda Seeley p. 142
1882Rhamphorhynchus phyllurus Marsh
1886Rhamphorhynchus phyllurus Winkler p. 196
1886Rhamphorhynchus gemmingi Winkler p. 198
1886Rhamphorhynchus longicaudus Winkler p. 198
1890Rhamphorhynchus gemmingi Zittel p. 796
1890Rhamphorhynchus longicaudus Zittel p. 796
1890Rhamphorhynchus muensteri Zittel p. 796
1902Rhamphorhynchus gemmingi Woodward p. 1
1902Rhamphorhynchus longiceps Woodward p. 3 figs. Pl. 1:3
1928Rhamphorhynchus gemmingi Perrier p. 3091
1934Rhamphorhynchus phyllurus Swinton p. 23
1936Odontorhynchus aculeatus Stolley
1937Rhamphorhynchus intermedius Koh
1967Odontorhynchus aculeatus Charig p. 717
1978Rhamphorhynchus longicaudus Wellnhofer
2003Rhamphorhynchus longiceps Unwin p. 144
2003Rhamphorhynchus muensteri Unwin p. 144
2014Rhamphorhynchus muensteri Andres et al.
2014Rhamphorhynchus muensteri Headden and Campos
2015Rhamphorhynchus muensteri O'Sullivan 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
—Breviquartossa
familyRhamphorhynchidaeSeeley 1870
subfamilyRhamphorhynchinaeNopcsa 1928
genusRhamphorhynchusMeyer 1847
speciesmuensteri(Goldfuss 1831)

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.

†Rhamphorhynchus muensteri Goldfuss 1831
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Invalid names: Odontorhynchus aculeatus Stolley 1936 [synonym], Rhamphorhynchus gemmingi Meyer 1846 [synonym], Rhamphorhynchus intermedius Koh 1937 [synonym], Rhamphorhynchus longicaudus Münster 1839 [synonym], Rhamphorhynchus longiceps Woodward 1902 [synonym], Rhamphorhynchus phyllurus Marsh 1882 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volantg
Diet: piscivoreg
Created: 2009-01-05 17:19:09
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:19:09
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Gudger 1944, Carroll 1988, Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 155.70000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bayern) Rhamphorhynchus longicaudus (57682)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Rhamphorhynchus muensteri, Rhamphorhynchus longiceps (41817 154138)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) Pterodactylus longicaudus (29012) Rhamphorhynchus longicaudus (58604 139876)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Pterodactylus longicaudus (117534 123906 139551) Rhamphorhynchus longicaudus (53034 212958) Rhamphorhynchus muensteri, Rhamphorhynchus gemmingi, Rhamphorhynchus longicaudus, Rhamphorhynchus longiceps (84365)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany Rhamphorhynchus muensteri (212956)