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Pterodactylus antiquus
Taxonomy
Ornithocephalus antiquus was named by Soemmerring (1812). Its type specimen is TM 10341, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Eichstätt [Solnhofener Plattenkalk], which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofener Plattenkalk Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Ornithocephalus.
It was synonymized subjectively with Pterodactylus grandis by Holl (1829); it was recombined as Pterodactylus antiquus by Cuvier (1819), Kemp (1999), Unwin (2003), Bennett (2013), Andres et al. (2014) and Headden and Campos (2014).
It was synonymized subjectively with Pterodactylus grandis by Holl (1829); it was recombined as Pterodactylus antiquus by Cuvier (1819), Kemp (1999), Unwin (2003), Bennett (2013), Andres et al. (2014) and Headden and Campos (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1812 | Ornithocephalus antiquus Soemmerring |
| 1819 | Pterodactylus antiquus Cuvier |
| 1902 | Ornithocephalus antiquus Hay p. 507 |
| 1999 | Pterodactylus antiquus Kemp |
| 2003 | Pterodactylus antiquus Unwin p. 145 |
| 2013 | Pterodactylus antiquus Bennett |
| 2014 | Pterodactylus antiquus Andres et al. |
| 2014 | Pterodactylus antiquus Headden and Campos |
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†Pterodactylus antiquus Soemmerring 1812
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. C. Bennett 2013 | Upper Jurassic pterodactyloid with elongate skull, a slender and elongated rostrum, and the superior margin of the skull straight to only slightly concave upward; naso-antorbital fenestra length ~20–25% of skull length in large individuals; tooth number proportional to skull length with up to ~25 teeth per jaw side in large individuals; teeth flat conical, large anteriorly and tooth size decreasing in size posteriorly; tooth row length ~75 % of jaw length, and upper tooth row extending posterior to the anterior margin of the naso-antorbital fenestra; a low sagittal bony crest over the naso-antorbital fenestra and orbit in large individuals, which apparently lacks the striations seen in Ctenochasma, Germanodactylus, and Gnathosaurus; a soft tissue crest extending upward from the bony crest in large individuals; and an occipital lappet of soft tissues extending posteriorly from the occipital region. Cervical vertebrae 3–7 elongate and neck relatively longer that in Cycnorhamphus, Ctenochasma, and Aurorazhdarcho (shared with "P." longicollum; see below). In small specimens WP2 is 93–96% of WP1 length, in large specimens ~91%, and WP1-4 lengths typically exhibit a convex upward curve in modified Nopcsa curves (Fig. 9; shared with Germanodactylus). In the pes, MtII is greater than or equal to MtI in length and the proximal phalanges of digit I–III show progressive reduction in length whereas those of digits I and IV are subequal (shared with Germanodactylus). |
Measurements
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| References: Gudger 1944, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bayern) | Ornithocephalus antiquus (type locality: 84365) |