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Scaphognathus crassirostris

Reptilia - Rhamphorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Pterodactylus crassirostris was named by Goldfuss (1831). Its type specimen is GPIB 1304, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body 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 Pterodactylus.

It was recombined as Scaphognathus crassirostris by Zittel (1890), Charig (1967), Unwin (2003), Andres et al. (2014) and Bennett (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Pterodactylus crassirostris Goldfuss
1841Pterodactylus crassirostris Owen p. 274
1843Pterodactylus crassirostris Fitzinger p. 35
1845Pterodactylus crassirostris Meyer p. 281
1849Pterodactylus crassirostris d'Orbigny p. 212
1858Pterodactylus crassirostris Buckland p. 217
1859Pterodactylus crassirostris Owen p. 151
1860Pterodactylus crassirostris Owen p. 247
1861Pterodactylus crassirostris Owen p. 274
1890Scaphognathus crassirostris Zittel p. 797
1895Pterodactylus crassirostris Lyman figs. Pl. 607
1967Scaphognathus crassirostris Charig p. 717
2003Scaphognathus crassirostris Unwin p. 144
2014Scaphognathus crassirostris Andres et al.
2014Scaphognathus crassirostris Bennett

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
—Pterosauria(Kaup 1834)
—Macronychoptera
—NovialoideaKellner 2003
—Breviquartossa
familyRhamphorhynchidaeSeeley 1870
subfamilyScaphognathinaeHooley
genusScaphognathusWagner 1861
speciescrassirostris(Goldfuss 1831)

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.

†Scaphognathus crassirostris Goldfuss 1831
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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, Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) Scaphognathus crassirostris (154723)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Pterodactylus crassirostris (type locality: 84365)