Alternative combinations: Ornithocheirus compressirostris, Ornithochirus compressirostris, Pterodactylus compressirostris
Full reference: R. Owen. 1851. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Cretaceous Formations. Part I. Chelonia (Lacertilia, etc.). The Palaeontographical Society, London 1851:1-118
Belongs to Lonchodectes according to B. Andres et al. 2014
See also Buckland 1858, Lydekker 1888, Owen 1859, Owen 1860, Owen 1861, Perrier 1928, Rodrigues and Kellner 2013, Unwin 2001, Unwin 2003, Vila Nova et al. 2014 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Lonchodectes machaerorhynchus, Lonchodectes microdon, Lonchodectes platystomus
Type specimen: BMNH 39410, a maxilla (Partial upper jaw). Its type locality is Culand Pits, Burham, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian basinal (carbonate) chalk/marl in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution: found only at Culand Pits, Burham
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