Also known as Dimorphodon holotype
Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 2.9° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 3.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Blue Lias Formation (Lias Group), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 189.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; gray mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: W. Buckland. 1829. On the discovery of a new species of Pterodactyle in the Lias at Lyme Regis. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, series 2 3:217-222 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87878: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 27.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Pterodactylus macronyx n. sp." = Dimorphodon macronyx
"Pterodactylus macronyx n. sp." = Dimorphodon macronyx Buckland 1829 pterosaur BMNH R 1034 (holotype), semi-complete skeleton lacking skull. BMNH R 1035, skull associated with incomplete badly crushed remains. BMNH 41212, skull and fairly complete postcranial skeleton. GSM 1546, associated partial skeleton. YPM 350, 9175, 9176, 9177, 9178, 9179, 9180, 9181, isolated postcranial material
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