Also known as Pteranodon harpyia holotype
Where: Logan County, Kansas (38.8° N, 100.9° W: paleocoordinates 42.1° N, 67.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Smoky Hill Chalk Member (Niobrara Formation), Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• Specimens probably collected between Marker Units 12 and 20 (Bennett 1991, 1994); upper part of member
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; chalk
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Cope in 1871; reposited in the AMNH
Primary reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. On two new ornithosaurians from Kansas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:420-422 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93225: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 08.01.2010, edited by Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Ornithocheirus harpyia n. sp. Cope 1872 pterosaur AMNH 1572, partial right metacarpal IV, proximal left wing phalanx 1, partial wing phalanx 2. At least two individuals
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