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Pterodactylus

Reptilia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1809Pterodactylus Cuvier
1813Pterotherium Fischer
1826Pterodactylus Fitzinger p. 16
1842Pterodactylus Owen p. 156
1843Pterodactylus Fitzinger p. 35
1845Pterodactylus Meyer p. 281
1849Pterodactylus d'Orbigny p. 211
1852Macrotrachelus Giebel
1859Pterodactylus Owen p. 151
1860Pterodactylus Owen p. 246
1861Pterodactylus Owen p. 274
1871Diopecephalus Seeley
1886Pterodactylus Günther p. 444
1890Pterodactylus Zittel p. 791
1900Pterodactylus Van Den Broeck p. 106
1931Pterodactylus arningi Reck
1931Pterodactylus maximus Reck p. 328 fig. 2
1931Pterodactylus brancai Reck p. 330 figs. 3-4
1958Pterodactylus Delair p. 69
1967Pterodactylus Charig p. 717
1980Dsungaripterus brancai Galton p. 340
1988Pterodactylus Carroll
2003Pterodactylus Unwin p. 145
2004Pterodactylus Jouve
2012Pterodactylus Pereda-Suberbiola et al.
2013Pterodactylus Bennett
2014Pterodactylus Andres et al.
2014Pterodactylus Headden and Campos
2015Pterodactylus Lu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
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
Pterosauria(Kaup 1834)
Macronychoptera
NovialoideaKellner 2003
Lonchognatha
Monofenestrata
genusPterodactylusCuvier 1809

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. †Pterodactylus Cuvier 1809
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Pterodactylus antiquus Soemmerring 1812
Pterodactylus dubius Münster 1832
Pterodactylus giganteus Bowerbank 1846
Pterodactylus kochi Wagner 1837
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Invalid names: Pterodactylus scolopaciceps Meyer 1850 [synonym]
Pterodactylus lavateri Meyer 1838
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Invalid names: Pterodactylus crocodilocephaloides Ritgen 1826 [synonym]
Pterodactylus medius Münster 1831
Pterodactylus micronyx Meyer 1856
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Invalid names: Ornithocephalus redenbacheri Wagner 1851 [synonym]
Pterodactylus propinquus Wagner 1857
Invalid names: Diopecephalus Seeley 1871 [synonym], Macrotrachelus Giebel 1852 [synonym], Pterodactylus arningi Reck 1931 [nomen dubium], Pterodactylus brancai Reck 1931 [nomen dubium], Pterodactylus maximus Reck 1931 [nomen dubium], Pterotherium Fischer 1813 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. C. Bennett 2013As for type and only species [Pterodactylus antiquus]
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volantg
Diet: piscivoreg
Created: 2009-01-05 17:19:25
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:19:25
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009, Gudger 1944

Age range: base of the Angulata to the top of the Early/Lower Valanginian or 201.30000 to 136.40000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Angulata201.3 - 196.5France (Lorraine) P. sp. (53947)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Leiria) P. sp. (24563)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) P. cirinensis (92110)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Niedersachsen) P. sp. (51859)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Tanzania (Lindi) P. brancai (47160) P. maximus (47154)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany P. micronyx (212954) P. sp. (212957)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) P. kochi, P. micronyx, Ornithocephalus antiquus, P. spectabilis (84365)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (91990)