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Ctenochasma roemeri

Osteichthyes - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Ctenochasma roemeri was named by Meyer (1851) [type is an unnumbered specimen believed to have been in the paleontological collections of the Technische Universität Clausthal, Clausthal, Germany]. It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Deister Hills pterosaur, which is in a Berriasian marine sandstone in the Purbek Kalk Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Ctenochasma roemeri Meyer
1851Ctenochasma roemeri von Meyer
2003Ctenochasma roemeri Unwin p. 145
2007Ctenochasma roemeri Bennett

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Lophocratia
genusCtenochasma
speciesroemeri

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.

†Ctenochasma roemeri Meyer 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-01-04 11:38:30
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:23
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985

Age range: Berriasian or 143.10000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Germany (Niedersachsen) Ctenochasma roemeri (type locality: 94085)