Folkestone pterosaurs: Albian, United Kingdom
collected by W. Davies
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Pterosauria indet.
Kaup 1834
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Lydekker 1888 | 9 elements | ||||||||
| BMNH R. 47, four wing bones. BMNH 37238, two wing bones. BMNH 40096, two wing bones. BMNH 47212, tibia | ||||||||||
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= Pterodactyloidea indet.
Plieninger 1901
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Unwin et al. 2000 | |||||||||
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Pterodactylus daviesii n. sp.
Owen 1874
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Lonchodectes platystomus | ||||||||||
| BMNH 43074, partial mandible | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Kent |
| Coordinates: | 51.1° North, 1.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.5° North, 5.9° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Collectors: | W. Davies |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Pterodactylus daviesii holotype | ||
| Database number: | 92920 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-12-09 08:12:09 | Last modified: | 2013-06-24 16:11:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-12-09 08:12:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30979. | R. Owen. 1874. The fossil Reptilia of the Mesozoic formations. Part 1. Pterosauria. Palaeontographical Society Monographs 27(126):1-14 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 14142 | ETE | R. Lydekker. 1888. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Proterosauria. British Museum (Natural History), London 1-309 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen] |
| 47175 | T. Rodrigues and A. W. A. Kellner. 2013. Taxonomic review of the Ornithocheirus complex (Pterosauria) from the Cretaceous of England. ZooKeys 308:1-112 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] | |
| 31079 | D. M. Unwin, J. Lü, and N. N. Bakhurina. 2000. On the systematic and stratigraphic significance of pterosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation (Jehol Group) of Liaoning, China. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaftlichen Reihe 3:181-206 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] |