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Pterodaustro

Osteichthyes - Pterosauria

Taxonomy

Entered
by J. Head on 2003-01-23; modified by R. Butler on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Pterodaustro Bonaparte
1986Pterodaustro Bakker p. 460
1988Pterodaustro Carroll
2002Pterodaustro Unwin
2003Pterodaustro Unwin p. 145
2014Pterodaustro Andres et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Lophocratia
genusPterodaustroBonaparte 1970

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.

G. †Pterodaustro Bonaparte 1970
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†Pterodaustro guinazui Bonaparte 1970
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Invalid names: Puntanipterus globosus Bonaparte and Sánchez 1975 [synonym]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Albian or 121.40000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Argentina (San Luis) Puntanipterus globosus (86514)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Argentina P. guinazui (22710)