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New Perspectives on Pterosaur Palaeobiology
Geological Society, London, Special Publications
New Perspectives on Pterosaur Palaeobiology
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Author(s)
D.W. E. Hone;
D.W. E. Hone
Queen Mary University of London, UK
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D. M. Martill
D. M. Martill
University of Portsmouth, UK
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The Geological Society of London
Volume
455
Copyright:
© 2018 The Author(s). Published by The Geological Society of London
Gold Open Access: This article is published under the terms of the CC-BY 3.0 license.
ISBN electronic:
9781786203366
ISBN print:
9781786203175
Publication date:
January 01, 2018
Book Chapter
The taxonomy and phylogeny of Diopecephalus kochi (Wagner, 1837) and ‘Germanodactylus rhamphastinus’ (Wagner, 1851)
Author(s)
Steven U. Vidovic
Palaeobiology Research Group, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Building, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 3QL, UK
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Steven U. Vidovic
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David M. Martill
Palaeobiology Research Group, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Building, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 3QL, UK
David M. Martill
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Published:January 01, 2018
Abstract:
The Solnhofen pterosaurs Pterodactylus antiquus, Aerodactylus scolopaciceps, Diopecephalus kochi, Germanodactylus cristatus and Germanodactylus rhamphastinus all have complicated taxonomic histories. Species originally placed in the genus Pterodactylus, such as Aerodactylus scolopaciceps, Ardeadactylus longicollum, Cycnorhamphus suevicus and Germanodactylus cristatus possess apomorphies not observed in the type species of Pterodactylus, and consequently have been placed in new genera. The affinities of another Solnhofen pterosaur previously placed in Pterodactylus, Diopecephalus kochi, are less clear. It has been proposed that D. kochi is a juvenile specimen of Pterodactylus antiquus, or perhaps ‘Germanodactylus rhamphastinus...
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- anatomy
- Archosauria
- Bavaria Germany
- biozones
- bones
- Central Europe
- Chordata
- cladistics
- cranium
- Diapsida
- Europe
- faunal studies
- fossil localities
- Franconia
- geometry
- Germany
- holotypes
- Jurassic
- Kimmeridgian
- Lagerstatten
- Mesozoic
- morphology
- morphometry
- phylogeny
- Pterosauria
- Reptilia
- revision
- skeletons
- skull
- Solnhofen Limestone
- stratigraphy
- taphonomy
- taxonomy
- Tetrapoda
- Tithonian
- type specimens
- Upper Jurassic
- upper Kimmeridgian
- Vertebrata
- Germanodactylus
- Pterodactylus
- Pterodactylus kochi
- Germanodactylus rhamphastinus
- Germanodactylus cristatus
- Monofenestrata
- Aerodactylus
- Pterodactylus longicollum
- Diopecephalus kochi
- Altmuehlopterus rhamphastinus
- Altmuehlopterus
- Diopecephalus
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