Source Data | |
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Rank | species (PBDB) |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Pterodactylus : Pterodactylus giganteus |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Pterodactylus giganteus | species | belongs to Ornithocephalus | stated with evidence | Oken, 1819 | Pterodactylus giganteus | species | belongs to Pterodactylus | stated with evidence | Zittel, 1890 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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Environment | marine (based on Pterosauria) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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Diet | piscivore (based on Pterodactylus) |
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Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. S. Bowerbank. 1846. On a new species of pterodactyl found in the Upper Chalk of Kent (P. giganteus). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 2:7-8 |
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Bowerbank J. S. On a new species of pterodactyl found in the Upper Chalk of Kent (P. giganteus), Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 2, 7-8 |
Zittel K. A. v. , Handbuch der Palaeontologie. I. Abteilung Paleozoologie. III. Band. Vertebrata (Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves) [Handbook of Paleontology. Division I. Paleozoology. Volume III. Vertebrata (Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves)], xii-900 |
Unwin D. M. (2001) An overview of the pterosaur assemblage from the Cambridge Greensand (Cretaceous) of Eastern England, Mitteilungen as dem Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Geowissenschaftliche Reihe 4, 189-222 |
Unwin D. M. (2003) On the phylogeny and evolutionary history of pterosaurs, Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs, Geological Society of London, Special Publications 217, 139-190 |
Rodrigues T., Kellner A. W. A. (2013) Taxonomic review of the Ornithocheirus complex (Pterosauria) from the Cretaceous of England, ZooKeys 308, 1-112 doi:doi: 10.3897/zookeys.308.5559 |