Pterosauria - Pterodactyloidea - Euthygnatha - Ornithocheiridae
Ornithocheiridae
Family: Ornithocheiridae (nom. emend. ex Ornithocheirae) Seeley, 1870 = Ornithocheirinae Williston, 1897 = Ornithocheiroidea Williston, 1897 = Ornithocheiridae Zittel & Eastman, 1902 = Ornithocheridae Nopcsa, 1923 [sic]
Composed skull of \"Ornithocheirus\" based on fragmentary remains from England
Genusame: Araripesaurus
Speciesname: castilhoi
Describer: Price, 1971
Distribution: Araripe Plateau, Santana Formation, Brazil
Timeperiod: Early Cretaceous
Size: Wingspan estimate = 2.2 m.
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Info: The first pterosaurian fossils discovered in the Santana Formation. The specimen consists of a lower arm, carpals, metacarpals and upper end of the wing finger. published in 1971.
Genusame: Arthurdactylus
Speciesname: conandoylei
Describer: Frey & Martill, 1994
Distribution: Crato Formation, northeast Brazil
Timeperiod: Early Cretaceous
Size: Wingspan = 4.6 m. .
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Info: Genus: Arthurdactylus Frey & Martill, 1994
A. conandoylei emend nov.= Arthurdactylus conan-doylei Frey & Martill, 1994
Named after Sir Arthur Conan-Doylefor the writer of The Lost World. Known from a single crushed and slightly disartuculated skeleton lacking a sternum, skull and neck. The wings of Arthurdactylus are proportionately longer than in any other pterosaur.
Genusame: Brasileodactylus
Speciesname: araripensis
Describer: Kellner, 1984
Distribution: Brazil
Timeperiod: Early Cretaceous
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Info: Genus: Brasileodactylus Kellner, 1984
B. araripensis = Brasileodactylus araripendis Kellner, 1989 [sic]
Known by four inches of the front end of the lower jaws. It is slightly bent upwards and toothy.
Genusame: Lonchodectes
Speciesname: compressirostris
Describer: (Owen, 1851) Hooley, 1914
Distribution: England
Timeperiod: Late Cretaceous
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Info: L. compressirostris = Pterodactylus compressirostris Owen, 1851 = Ornithocheirus compressirostris (Owen, 1851) Seeley, 1870 = Ornithochirus compressirostris Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Ornithocheirus compressiformis Gaal, 1926 [sic]
Generally considered a synonym of Ornithocheirus, this genus is referred to an unnamed new family by Unwin (in Benton, ed., 1993). It is here referred to Ornithocheiridae provisionally.
Genusame: Lonchodectes
Speciesname: daviesii
Describer: Owen, 1874
Distribution: England
Timeperiod: Early Cretaceous
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Info: ?L. daviesii = Pterodactylus daviesii Owen, 1874 = Ornithocheirus daviesii Owen, 1874 emend. Olshevsky, 1991 = Ornithocheirus daviesi (Owen, 1874) Newton, 1888 = Pterodactylus daviesii Owen, 1874 emend. Olshevsky, 1991 = Pterodactylus daviesi (Owen, 1874) Sauvage, 1882 = Ornithochirus daviesi Lydekker, 1888 [sic]
Generally considered a synonym of Ornithocheirus, this genus is referred to an unnamed new family by Unwin (in Benton, ed., 1993). It is here referred to Ornithocheiridae provisionally.
Genusame: Lonchodectes
Speciesname: giganteus
Describer: Bowerbank, 1846 [nomen dubium]
Distribution: England
Timeperiod: Late Cretaceous
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Info: Genus: Lonchodectes Hooley, 1914
?L. giganteus = Pterodactylus giganteus Bowerbank, 1846 non (Oken, 1819) [nomen dubium] = Ornithocheirus giganteus (Bowerbank, 1846) Newton, 1888 [nomen dubium] = Ornithodesmus giganteus (Bowerbank, 1846) Kuhn, 1967 [nomen dubium] = Pterodactylus conirostris Owen vide Dixon, 1850 [nomen dubium] = Ornithochirus giganteus Lydekker, 1888 [sic]
Generally considered a synonym of Ornithocheirus, this genus is referred to an unnamed new family by Unwin (in Benton, ed., 1993). It is here referred to Ornithocheiridae provisionally.
Lonchodectes giganteus
Genusame: Lonchodectes
Speciesname: machaerorhynchus
Describer: Seeley, 1864) [nomen dubium
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Info: ?L. machaerorhynchus = Pterodactylus machaerorhynchus Seeley, 1864 [nomen dubium] = Ornithocheirus machaerorhynchus (Seeley, 1864) Seeley, 1870 [nomen dubium] = Ptenodactylus machaerorhynchus (Seeley, 1864) Seeley, 1869 [nomen dubium] = Pterodactylus machaerhynchus Sauvage, 1882 [sic] = Ornithocheirus machaeorhynchus Hooley, 1914 [sic]
Generally considered a synonym of Ornithocheirus, this genus is referred to an unnamed new family by Unwin (in Benton, ed., 1993). It is here referred to Ornithocheiridae provisionally.
Genusame: Lonchodectes
Speciesname: microdon
Describer: Seeley, 1870 [nomen dubium]
Distribution: England
Timeperiod: Late Cretaceous
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Info: ?L. microdon = Ornithocheirus microdon Seeley, 1870 [nomen dubium] = Pterodactylus microdon (Seeley, 1870) Sauvage, 1882 [nomen dubium] = Ptenodactylus microdon Seeley, 1869 [nomen nudum]
Generally considered a synonym of Ornithocheirus, this genus is referred to an unnamed new family by Unwin (in Benton, ed., 1993). It is here referred to Ornithocheiridae provisionally.
Genusame: Lonchodectes
Speciesname: oweni
Describer: Seeley, 1864 [nomen dubium]
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Info: ?L. oweni = Pterodactylus oweni Seeley, 1864 [nomen dubium] = Ornithocheirus oweni (Seeley, 1864) Seeley, 1870 [nomen dubium] = Ptenodactylus oweni (Seeley, 1864) Seeley, 1869 [nomen dubium] = Pterodactylus owenii Sauvage, 1882 [sic]
Generally considered a synonym of Ornithocheirus, this genus is referred to an unnamed new family by Unwin (in Benton, ed., 1993). It is here referred to Ornithocheiridae provisionally.
Genusame: Lonchodectes
Speciesname: sagittirostris
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Distribution: England
Timeperiod: Early Cretaceous
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Info: ?L. sagittirostris (Owen, 1874) Unwin vide Benton, 1993 = Pterodactylus sagittirostris Owen, 1874 = Ornithocheirus sagittirostris (Owen, 1874) Newton, 1888 = Ornithodesmus sagittirostris (Owen, 1874)
Generally considered a synonym of Ornithocheirus, this genus is referred to an unnamed new family by Unwin (in Benton, ed., 1993). It is here referred to Ornithocheiridae provisionally.
Genusame: Lonchodectes
Speciesname: scaphorhynchus
Describer: Seeley, 1870 [nomen dubium]
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Info: ?L. scaphorhynchus = Ornithocheirus scaphorhynchus Seeley, 1870 [nomen dubium] = Pterodactylus scaphorhynchus (Seeley, 1870) Sauvage, 1882 [nomen dubium] = Ptenodactylus scaphorhynchus Seeley, 1869 [nomen nudum]
Generally considered a synonym of Ornithocheirus, this genus is referred to an unnamed new family by Unwin (in Benton, ed., 1993). It is here referred to Ornithocheiridae provisionally.
Genusame: Lonchodectes
Speciesname: tenuirostris
Describer: Seeley, 1870 [nomen dubium]
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Info: ?L. tenuirostris = Ornithocheirus tenuirostris Seeley, 1870 [nomen dubium] = Pterodactylus tenuirostris (Seeley, 1870) Sauvage, 1882 [nomen dubium]
= Ptenodactylus tenuirostris Seeley, 1869 [nomen nudum]
Generally considered a synonym of Ornithocheirus, this genus is referred to an unnamed new family by Unwin (in Benton, ed., 1993). It is here referred to Ornithocheiridae provisionally.
Genusame: Ornithocheirus
Speciesname: brachyrhinus
Describer: Seeley, 1870 [nomen dubium]
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Info: Genus: Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 = Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 = Cretornis Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Lithosteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Ornithochirus Lydekker, 1888/Cope, 1872 [sic] = Osteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Palaeornis Mantell, 1835/Vigors, 1825 = Ptenodactylus Seeley, 1869 (preoccupied?)
O. brachyrhinus = Pterodactylus brachyrhinus (Seeley, 1870) Sauvage, 1882 [nomen dubium] = Ptenodactylus brachyrhinus Seeley, 1869 [nomen nudum]
Genusame: Ornithocheirus
Speciesname: bunzeli
Describer: Seeley, 1881 emend. Sauvage, 1882
Distribution: Austria
Timeperiod: Late Cretaceous
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Info: Genus: Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 = Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 = Cretornis Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Lithosteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Ornithochirus Lydekker, 1888/Cope, 1872 [sic] = Osteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Palaeornis Mantell, 1835/Vigors, 1825 = Ptenodactylus Seeley, 1869 (preoccupied?)
?O. bunzeli = Ornithocheirus bünzeli Seeley, 1881 = Ornithocheirus bunzelii Sauvage, 1882 [sic]
Genusame: Ornithocheirus
Speciesname: clifti
Describer: (Mantell, 1835) Newton, 1888
Distribution: England
Timeperiod: Early Cretaceous
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Info: Genus: Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 = Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 = Cretornis Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Lithosteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Ornithochirus Lydekker, 1888/Cope, 1872 [sic] = Osteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Palaeornis Mantell, 1835/Vigors, 1825 = Ptenodactylus Seeley, 1869 (preoccupied?)
?O. clifti = Palaeornis clifti Mantell, 1835 = Pterodactylus clifti (Mantell, 1835) Bronn, 1848 = Osteornis ardeaceus Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Lithosteornis ardeaceus (Gervais, 1844) [nomen nudum] = Pterodactylus silvestris Owen, 1845 = Pterodactylus sylvestris Owen, 1859 [sic] = Ornithochirus clifti Lydekker, 1888 [sic]
Genusame: Ornithocheirus
Speciesname: colorhinus
Describer: Seeley, 1870 [nomen dubium]
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Info: Genus: Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 = Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 = Cretornis Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Lithosteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Ornithochirus Lydekker, 1888/Cope, 1872 [sic] = Osteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Palaeornis Mantell, 1835/Vigors, 1825 = Ptenodactylus Seeley, 1869 (preoccupied?)
O. colorhinus = Pterodactylus colorhinus (Seeley, 1870) Sauvage, 1882 [nomen dubium] = Ptenodactylus colorhinus Seeley, 1869 [nomen nudum]
Genusame: Ornithocheirus
Speciesname: curtus
Describer: (Owen, 1870) Newton, 1888 [nomen dubium]
Distribution: England
Timeperiod: Early Cretaceous
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Info: Genus: Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 = Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 = Cretornis Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Lithosteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Ornithochirus Lydekker, 1888/Cope, 1872 [sic] = Osteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Palaeornis Mantell, 1835/Vigors, 1825 = Ptenodactylus Seeley, 1869 (preoccupied?)
?O. curtus = Pterodactylus curtus Owen, 1870 [nomen dubium] = Ornithochirus curtus Lydekker, 1888 [sic]
Genusame: Ornithocheirus
Speciesname: cuvieri
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Distribution: England
Timeperiod: Late Cretaceous
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Info: Genus: Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 = Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 = Cretornis Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Lithosteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Ornithochirus Lydekker, 1888/Cope, 1872 [sic] = Osteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Palaeornis Mantell, 1835/Vigors, 1825 = Ptenodactylus Seeley, 1869 (preoccupied?)
Genusame: Ornithocheirus
Speciesname: dentatus
Describer: Seeley, 1870 [nomen dubium]
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Info: Genus: Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 = Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 = Cretornis Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Lithosteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Ornithochirus Lydekker, 1888/Cope, 1872 [sic] = Osteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Palaeornis Mantell, 1835/Vigors, 1825 = Ptenodactylus Seeley, 1869 (preoccupied?)
O. dentatus = Pterodactylus dentatus (Seeley, 1870) Sauvage, 1882 [nomen dubium] = Ptenodactylus dentatus Seeley, 1869 [nomen nudum]
Genusame: Ornithocheirus
Speciesname: denticulatus
Describer: Seeley, 1870 [nomen dubium]
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Info: Genus: Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 = Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 = Cretornis Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Lithosteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Ornithochirus Lydekker, 1888/Cope, 1872 [sic] = Osteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Palaeornis Mantell, 1835/Vigors, 1825 = Ptenodactylus Seeley, 1869 (preoccupied?)
O. denticulatus = Ornithochirus denticulatus Lydekker, 1888 [sic]
Genusame: Ornithocheirus
Speciesname: diomedius
Describer: (Owen, 1846) Newton, 1888
Distribution: England
Timeperiod: Late Cretaceous
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Info: Genus: Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 = Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 = Cretornis Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Lithosteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Ornithochirus Lydekker, 1888/Cope, 1872 [sic] = Osteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Palaeornis Mantell, 1835/Vigors, 1825 = Ptenodactylus Seeley, 1869 (preoccupied?)
?O. diomedeus = Osteornis diomedeus Owen, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Cimoliornis diomedeus Owen, 1846 = Pterodactylus diomedeus (Owen, 1846) Owen, 1851 = Pterodactylus diomedius (Owen, 1846) = Pterodactylus giganteus Morris, 1854 non (Oken, 1819) non Bowerbank, 1846 = Cimoliornis diomedius Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Ornithochirus diomedius Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Ornithocheirus diomedius Hooley, 1914 [sic]
Genusame: Ornithocheirus
Speciesname: enchorhynchus
Describer: Seeley, 1870 [nomen dubium]
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Info: Genus: Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 = Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 = Cretornis Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Lithosteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Ornithochirus Lydekker, 1888/Cope, 1872 [sic] = Osteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Palaeornis Mantell, 1835/Vigors, 1825 = Ptenodactylus Seeley, 1869 (preoccupied?)
O. enchorhynchus Seeley, 1870 [nomen dubium] = Pterodactylus enchorhynchus (Seeley, 1870) Sauvage, 1882 [nomen dubium] = Ptenodactylus enchorhynchus Seeley, 1869 [nomen nudum]
Genusame: Ornithocheirus
Speciesname: fittoni
Describer: (Owen, 1858) Seeley, 1870
Distribution: England
Timeperiod: Late Cretaceous
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Info: Genus: Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 = Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 = Cretornis Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Lithosteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Ornithochirus Lydekker, 1888/Cope, 1872 [sic] = Osteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Palaeornis Mantell, 1835/Vigors, 1825 = Ptenodactylus Seeley, 1869 (preoccupied?)
O. fittoni = Pterodactylus fittoni Owen, 1858 = Ptenodactylus fittoni (Owen, 1858) Seeley, 1869 = Ornithochirus fittoni Lydekker, 1888 [sic]
Genusame: Ornithocheirus
Speciesname: hlavatschi
Describer: (Fritsch, 1880) Fritsch, 1905 [nomen dubium]
Distribution: Czechia
Timeperiod: Late Cretaceous
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Info: Genus: Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 = Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 = Cretornis Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Lithosteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Ornithochirus Lydekker, 1888/Cope, 1872 [sic] = Osteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Palaeornis Mantell, 1835/Vigors, 1825 = Ptenodactylus Seeley, 1869 (preoccupied?)
?O. hlavaci = Ornithocheirus hlavá i (Fritsch, 1880) Fritsch, 1905 [nomen dubium] = Cretornis hlavaci Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Cretornis hlavá i Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Cretornis hlavatschi Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Ornithocheirus hlavatschi Newton, 1888 [sic] = Ornithochirus hlavatschi Lydekker, 1888 [sic]
Genusame: Ornithocheirus huxleyi
Speciesname: Seeley, 1870 [nomen dubium]
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Info: Genus: Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 = Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 = Cretornis Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Lithosteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Ornithochirus Lydekker, 1888/Cope, 1872 [sic] = Osteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Palaeornis Mantell, 1835/Vigors, 1825 = Ptenodactylus Seeley, 1869 (preoccupied?)
Genusame: Ornithocheirus
Speciesname: macrorhinus
Describer: (Seeley, 1869) [nomen nudum]
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Info: Genus: Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 = Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 = Cretornis Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Lithosteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Ornithochirus Lydekker, 1888/Cope, 1872 [sic] = Osteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Palaeornis Mantell, 1835/Vigors, 1825 = Ptenodactylus Seeley, 1869 (preoccupied?)
?O. macrorhinus = Ptenodactylus macrorhinus Seeley, 1869 [nomen nudum] = Pterodactylus macrohinus Sauvage, 1882 [sic]
Genusame: Ornithocheirus
Speciesname: nasutus
Describer: Seeley, 1870 [nomen dubium]
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Info: Genus: Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 = Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 = Cretornis Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Lithosteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Ornithochirus Lydekker, 1888/Cope, 1872 [sic] = Osteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Palaeornis Mantell, 1835/Vigors, 1825 = Ptenodactylus Seeley, 1869 (preoccupied?)
O. nasutus = Pterodactylus nasutus (Seeley, 1870) Sauvage, 1882 [nomen dubium] = Ptenodactylus nasutus Seeley, 1869 [nomen nudum]
Genusame: Ornithocheirus
Speciesname: oxyrhinus
Describer: Seeley, 1870 [nomen dubium]
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Info: Genus: Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 = Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 = Cretornis Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Lithosteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Ornithochirus Lydekker, 1888/Cope, 1872 [sic] = Osteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Palaeornis Mantell, 1835/Vigors, 1825 = Ptenodactylus Seeley, 1869 (preoccupied?)
O. oxyrhinus = Pterodactylus oxyrhinus (Seeley, 1870) Sauvage, 1882 [nomen dubium] = Ptenodactylus oxyrhinus Seeley, 1869 [nomen nudum]
Genusame: Ornithocheirus
Speciesname: polyodon
Describer: Seeley, 1870 [nomen dubium]
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Info: Genus: Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 = Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 = Cretornis Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Lithosteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Ornithochirus Lydekker, 1888/Cope, 1872 [sic] = Osteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Palaeornis Mantell, 1835/Vigors, 1825 = Ptenodactylus Seeley, 1869 (preoccupied?)
O. polyodon = Ptenodactylus polyodon Seeley, 1869 [nomen nudum] = Pterodactylus platyodon Sauvage, 1882 [sic]
Genusame: Ornithocheirus
Speciesname: sedgwicki
Describer: (Owen, 1859) emend. Newton, 1888
Distribution: England
Timeperiod: Late Cretaceous
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Info: Genus: Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 = Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 = Cretornis Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Lithosteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Ornithochirus Lydekker, 1888/Cope, 1872 [sic] = Osteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Palaeornis Mantell, 1835/Vigors, 1825 = Ptenodactylus Seeley, 1869 (preoccupied?)
O. sedgwickii = Ornithocheirus sedgwicki (Owen, 1859) Seeley, 1870 = Pterodactylus sedgwickii Owen, 1859 (not 1858) = Coloborhynchus sedgwickii (Owen, 1859) Owen, 1874 = Ptenodactylus sedgwickii (Owen, 1859) emend. nov. = Ptenodactylus sedgwicki (Owen, 1859) Seeley, 1869 = Coloborhynchus sedgwicki Sauvage, 1882 [sic] = Pterodactylus sedgwicki Sauvage, 1882 [sic] = Ornithochirus sedgwicki Lydekker, 1888 [sic]
Genusame: Ornithocheirus
Speciesname: sp.
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Distribution: France
Timeperiod: Early Cretaceous
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Info: Genus: Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 = Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 = Cretornis Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Lithosteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Ornithochirus Lydekker, 1888/Cope, 1872 [sic] = Osteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Palaeornis Mantell, 1835/Vigors, 1825 = Ptenodactylus Seeley, 1869 (preoccupied?)
Genusame: Ornithocheirus
Speciesname: wiedenrothi
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Distribution: Germany
Timeperiod: Early Cretaceous
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Info: Genus: Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 = Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 = Cretornis Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Lithosteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Ornithochirus Lydekker, 1888/Cope, 1872 [sic] = Osteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Palaeornis Mantell, 1835/Vigors, 1825 = Ptenodactylus Seeley, 1869 (preoccupied?)
This genus has become a terrible wastebasket for miscellaneous pterosaurian remains from the Cambridge Greensand and elsewhere. Seeley failed to nominate a type species until 1881, when he noted it was Ornithocheirus simus — the first species listed under the genus by Seeley in 1869. But by then Owen had already made Pterodactylus simus the type species of Criorhynchus (Owen, 1874). The \"type\" species often cited by 20th-century authors (e.g., Kuhn, 1967; Wellnhofer, 1978; Wild, 1990), Ornithocheirus compressirostris, was definitely separated from Ornithocheirus into a different genus, Lonchodectes, by Hooley (1914). Unfortunately, in his review of Seeley\'s numerous species, Hooley himself failed to specify type species for his genera Amblydectes and Lonchodectes; nor did he establish a neotype species for Ornithocheirus. Pending publication of revisory work by D. Unwin, the various species of Ornithocheirus are organized here according to Hooley (1914) and those parts of Unwin\'s reclassification that have already been published (as in the section on Pterosauria in The Fossil Record 2 [Benton, ed., 1993]). No type species is indicated here for this genus. The genus Ptenodactylus, created by Seeley in 1869 for numerous remains in the Woodwardian Museum, lacked a type species until the aforementioned 1881 work, when he noted that its numerous species were \"allied with Pterodactylus sedgwicki,\" thus making that species — the first listed by him in 1869 — the type of the genus. But already in 1870 Seeley had abandoned Ptenodactylus (as preoccupied?: Lydekker, 1888) in favor of Ornithocheirus as the generic name for all the Woodwardian Museum species. Source George Olshevsky
Genusame: Ornithocheirus
Speciesname: xyphorhynchus
Describer: Seeley, 1870 [nomen dubium]
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Info: Genus: Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 = Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 = Cretornis Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Lithosteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Ornithochirus Lydekker, 1888/Cope, 1872 [sic] = Osteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Palaeornis Mantell, 1835/Vigors, 1825 = Ptenodactylus Seeley, 1869 (preoccupied?)
O. xyphorhynchus = Ornithochirus xyphorhynchus (Seeley, 1870) [nomen dubium]
This species is noted as a possible azhdarchid by Unwin (pers. comm. in Nessov, 1991).
Genusame: Ornithocheirus ?
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Distribution: Argentina; Distribution: Late Cretaceous
Timeperiod: Early Cretaceous; Timeperiod: Austalia, New Zeeland, Zaire
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Info: Genus: Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 = Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 = Cretornis Fritsch, 1880 [nomen dubium] = Lithosteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Ornithochirus Lydekker, 1888/Cope, 1872 [sic] = Osteornis Gervais, 1844 [nomen nudum] = Palaeornis Mantell, 1835/Vigors, 1825 = Ptenodactylus Seeley, 1869 (preoccupied?)
Genusame: ? Santanadactylus
Speciesname: araripensis
Describer: Wellnhofer, 1985
Distribution: Brazil
Timeperiod: Early Cretaceous
Size: Wingspan = 3 m.
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Info: Genus: Santanadactylus de Buisonjé, 1980 = Sandactylus Bowler, 1989 [sic]
Bennett (1989) considered Santanadactylus araripensis and S. pricei to be pteranodontids and S. spixi to be a dsungaripterid. Bennett also noted that the type species may be based on a composite specimen: part pteranodontid, part something else. Wellnhofer (1991) retains the former two species in this genus but regards S. spixi as Pterodactyloidia incertae sedis. Kellner & Campos (1992) regard Santanadactylus spixi as a tapejarid.
The most complete of several specimens of S.araripensis appears to be a complete and uncrushed wing, a spinal column (including notarium) and the mid portion of the small-toothed skull.
Genusame: Santanadactylus
Speciesname: brasilensis
Describer: de Buisonjé, 1980
Distribution: Brazil
Timeperiod: Early Cretaceous
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Info: Genus: Santanadactylus de Buisonjé, 1980 = Sandactylus Bowler, 1989 [sic]
S. brasilensis = Santandactylus brasiliensis Nessov, 1991 [sic]
Genusame: ? Santanadactylus
Speciesname: pricei
Describer: Wellhofer, 1985
Distribution: Brazil
Timeperiod: Early Cretaceous
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Info: Genus: Santanadactylus de Buisonjé, 1980 = Sandactylus Bowler, 1989 [sic]
Bennett (1989) considered Santanadactylus araripensis and S. pricei to be pteranodontids and S. spixi to be a dsungaripterid. Bennett also noted
that the type species may be based on a composite specimen: part pteranodontid, part something else. Wellnhofer (1991) retains the former two
species in this genus but regards S. spixi as Pterodactyloidia incertae sedis. Kellner & Campos (1992) regard Santanadactylus spixi as a tapejarid.
Genusame: ? Santanadactylus
Speciesname: spixi
Describer: Wellhofer, 1985
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Info: Genus: Santanadactylus de Buisonjé, 1980 = Sandactylus Bowler, 1989 [sic]
Bennett (1989) considered Santanadactylus araripensis and S. pricei to be pteranodontids and S. spixi to be a dsungaripterid. Bennett also noted
that the type species may be based on a composite specimen: part pteranodontid, part something else. Wellnhofer (1991) retains the former two
species in this genus but regards S. spixi as Pterodactyloidia incertae sedis. Kellner & Campos (1992) regard Santanadactylus spixi as a tapejarid