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Ptenodracon brevirostris

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Ornithocephalus brevirostris was named by Soemmering (1817).

It was recombined as Ptenodracon brevirostris by Zittel (1890); it was recombined as Pterodactylus brevirostris by Holl (1829), Owen (1842), Meyer (1845), Buckland (1858), Owen (1859), Owen (1860), Owen (1861), Winkler (1886) and Lyman (1895).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Ornithocephalus brevirostris Soemmering
1826Pterodactylus nettecephaloides Ritgen p. 338
1829Pterodactylus brevirostris Holl p. 82
1842Pterodactylus meyeri Münster
1842Pterodactylus brevirostris Owen p. 156
1843Ornithocephalus brevirostris Fitzinger p. 35
1845Pterodactylus brevirostris Meyer p. 281
1845Pterodactylus meyeri Meyer p. 281
1858Pterodactylus brevirostris Buckland p. 217
1859Pterodactylus brevirostris Owen p. 152
1859Pterodactylus meyeri Owen p. 152
1860Pterodactylus brevirostris Owen p. 247
1860Pterodactylus meyeri Owen p. 247
1861Pterodactylus brevirostris Owen p. 274
1861Pterodactylus meyeri Owen p. 274
1886Pterodactylus brevirostris Winkler p. 198
1890Ptenodracon brevirostris Zittel p. 793
1895Pterodactylus brevirostris Lyman figs. Pl. 607

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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)
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
Lophocratia
Ctenochasmatoidea(Unwin 1995)
Pterodactylidae(Bonaparte 1838)
genusPtenodraconLydekker 1888
speciesbrevirostris(Soemmering 1817)

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.

Ptenodracon brevirostris Soemmering 1817
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Invalid names: Pterodactylus meyeri Münster 1842 [synonym], Pterodactylus nettecephaloides Ritgen 1826 [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: Carroll 1988, Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Kimmeridgian or 157.30000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Germany Pterodactylus meyeri (131961)