List of informally named pterosaurs

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This list of informally named pterosaurs is a list of pterosaurs that have not been formally published. This can include unavailable names that have not been published under a valid name. The following types of invalid names are present:

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Pricesaurus

"Pricesaurus megalodon" ("Llewellyn Ivor Price lizard") is a nomen nudum based on remains currently assigned to Anhanguera . The remains were first brought up in a lecture by Rafael Gioia Martins-Neto in 1986. He notes several distinct features, but further research proved that all noted features are non-diagnostic and the taxon was ruled invalid due to improper naming conventions. [1]

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Rhamphodactylus

"Rhamphodactylus" is a nickname given to fossils of what is likely a basally-branching pterodactyloid from the Mörnsheim Formation by Oliver Rauhut in 2012. The name references the mosaic of features that seem to recall both Rhamphorhynchoidea and Pterodactyloidea. The preserved skull bones are especially similar to Pterodactylus , the tail is similar to rhamphorhynchoids but also Darwinopterus , the shoulder and arm bones are similar to Rhamphorhynchus , and the metacarpal is almost exactly intermediate the two major clades. While the fossil material has been recognized as likely belonging to a new taxon, a proper description has not been published. [2] Some publications have used the nickname "Rhamphodactylus" in reference to this important fossil, even including it in phylogenetic analyses, which have recovered it as a basal pterodactyloid within Monofenestrata. [3] [4] A similar fossil, also with mosaic "transitional" features is known from the Painten Formation of Germany. [5]

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Satsuma-yokuryu

"Satsuma-yokuryu" (薩摩翼竜, "Satsuma (old name of Kagoshima) pterosaur") is a nickname given to fossil of partial limb bone of pterosaur described from Cenomanian Goshoura Group, Shishijima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan. [6] Nearby site also produced fossils of plesiosaur, "Satsuma-utsunomiya-ryu". [7] This specimen was first discovered by Satoshi Utsunomiya during a TV program, he and Yasuhisa Nakajima analyzed material and found to be a part of limb bone. [8] [9] Its wingspan would be around 4 meters (13 ft). [6]

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<i>Germanodactylus</i> Genus of germanodactylid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic

Germanodactylus is a genus of germanodactylid pterodactyloid pterosaur from Upper Jurassic-age rocks of Germany, including the Solnhofen Limestone. Its specimens were long thought to pertain to Pterodactylus. The head crest of Germanodactylus is a distinctive feature.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tapejaridae</span> Family of azhdarchoid pterosaurs from the Cretaceous period

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pterodactyloidea</span> Suborder of monofenestratan pterosaurs

Pterodactyloidea is one of the two traditional suborders of pterosaurs, and contains the most derived members of this group of flying reptiles. They appeared during the middle Jurassic Period, and differ from the basal rhamphorhynchoids by their short tails and long wing metacarpals. The most advanced forms also lack teeth, and by the late Cretaceous, all known pterodactyloids were toothless. Many species had well-developed crests on the skull, a form of display taken to extremes in giant-crested forms like Nyctosaurus and Tupandactylus. Pterodactyloids were the last surviving pterosaurs when the order became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous Period, together with the non-avian dinosaurs and most marine reptiles.

<i>Noripterus</i> Genus of dsungaripterid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous

Noripterus is a genus of dsungaripterid pterodactyloid pterosaur from Lower Cretaceous-age Lianmuqin Formation in the Junggar Basin of Xinjiang, China. It was first named by Yang Zhongjian in 1973. Additional fossil remains have been recovered from Tsagaantsav Svita, Mongolia.

<i>Bennettazhia</i> Genus of tapejaromorph pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous

Bennettazhia is a genus of tapejaromorph pterosaur which lived during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous from what is now the Hudspeth Formation of the state of Oregon in the United States. Although originally identified as a species of the pteranodontoid pterosaur Pteranodon, Bennettazhia is now thought to have been a different animal. The type and only species is B. oregonensis.

<i>Siroccopteryx</i> Genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous

Siroccopteryx is an extinct genus of anhanguerid pterodactyloid pterosaur which lived in Morocco during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous. Some researchers, such as David M. Unwin, consider the genus a junior synonym of Coloborhynchus.

Doratorhynchus is a generic replacement name for Pterodactylus validus, in 1875 suggested by Harry Govier Seeley. Today it is considered a nomen vanum.

<i>Altmuehlopterus</i> Genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic

Altmuehlopterus is a genus of pterosaur belonging to the Pterodactyloidea. It lived in the Late Jurassic of what is now Germany. It was formerly known as "Daitingopterus", a nomen nudum, informally coined in 2004.

<i>Lonchodraco</i> Genus of lonchodraconid pterosaur from the Cretaceous period

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<i>Kryptodrakon</i> Genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Jurassic period

Kryptodrakon is an extinct genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Middle to Late Jurassic with an age of approximately 162.7 million years. It is known from a single type species, Kryptodrakon progenitor. The age of its fossil remains made Kryptodrakon the basalmost and oldest pterodactyloid known to date.

<i>Ikrandraco</i> Genus of lonchodraconid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous

Ikrandraco is a genus of lonchodraconid pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of northeastern China, and the Cambridge Greensand of England. It is notable for its unusual skull, which features a crest on the lower jaw.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ornithocheiromorpha</span> Clade of pteranodontoid pterosaurs

Ornithocheiromorpha is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. Fossil remains of this group date back from the Early to Late Cretaceous periods, around 140 to 92.5 million years ago. Ornithocheiromorphs were discovered worldwide except Antarctica, though most genera were recovered in Europe, Asia and South America. They were the most diverse and successful pterosaurs during the Early Cretaceous, but throughout the Late Cretaceous they were replaced by pteranodontians and azhdarchoids. The Ornithocheiromorpha was defined in 2014 by Andres and colleagues, and they made Ornithocheiromorpha the most inclusive clade containing Ornithocheirus, but not Pteranodon.

<i>Douzhanopterus</i> Genus of monofenestratan pterosaur from the Late Jurassic

Douzhanopterus is an extinct genus of monofenestratan pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of Liaoning, China. It contains a single species, D. zhengi, named by Wang et al. in 2017. In many respects, it represents a transitional form between basal pterosaurs and the more specialized pterodactyloids; for instance, its tail is intermediate in length, still being about twice the length of the femur but relatively shorter compared to that of the more basal Wukongopteridae. Other intermediate traits include the relative lengths of the neck vertebrae and the retention of two, albeit reduced, phalanx bones in the fifth digit of the foot. Phylogenetically, Douzhanopterus is nested between the wukongopterids and Propterodactylus, which is similar to Douzhanopterus in many respects but approaches pterodactyloids more closely elsewhere.

<i>Iberodactylus</i> Genus of hamipterid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous

Iberodactylus is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaurs belonging to the clade Anhangueria, that during the Early Cretaceous lived in the area of present Spain. The type species is Iberodactylus andreui.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Satoshi Utsunomiya</span> Japanese fossil hunter (born 1969)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Satsuma-utsunomiya-ryu</span> Extinct family of reptiles

"Satsuma-utsunomiya-ryu" is an undescribed plesiosaur known from Kyushu, Japan. This nickname is named after the former province name of the discovery site and the discoverer, Satoshi Utsunomiya. It is the oldest known elasmosaurid plesiosaur fossil in East Asia, dating back to approximately 100 million years ago. It is permanently exhibited at the Kagoshima Prefectural Museum.

<i>Propterodactylus</i> Genus of transitional pterosaurs

Propterodactylus is an extinct genus of transitional monofenestratan pterosaurs from the Late Jurassic Painten Formation of Germany. The genus contains a single species, P. frankerlae, known from a complete articulated skeleton. Before its naming, Propterodactylus was referred to as the "Painten pro-pterodactyloid" in the scientific literature.

References

  1. ↑ Martins Neto, R.G. (1986). Pricesaurus megalodon nov. gen. nov. sp. (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea), Cretaceo Inferior, Chapada do Araripe (NE-Brasil). Ciência e Cultura 38(7): 756-757 [Portuguese]
  2. ↑ Rauhut, Oliver W. M. (January 2012). "Ein "Rhamphodactylus" aus der Mörnsheim-Formation von Mühlheim". Der Bayerischen Staatssammlungfür Paläontologie und Historische GeologieMünchen e.V. (in German). Munich: Dr. Friedrich Pfeil: 69–74. ISBN   978-3-89937-147-5. ISSN   0942-5845.
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  5. ↑ Tischlinger, Helmut; Frey, Eberhard (January 2014). "Ein neuer Pterosaurier mit Mosaikmerkmalen basaler und pterodactyloider Pterosauria aus dem Ober-Kimmeridgium von Painten (Oberpfa lz, Deutschland)" [A new pterosaur with mosaic characters of basal and pterodactyloid pterosauria from the Upper Kimmeridgian of Painten (Upper Palatinate, Germany)]. Archaeopteryx (in German). 31: 1–13.
  6. 1 2 中島保寿; 宇都宮聡 (2022). "鹿児島県長島町獅子島の白亜系御所浦層群から産出した翼竜類化石". 化石研究会会誌 (in Japanese). 54 (2): 60. ISSN   0387-1924.
  7. ↑ 宇都宮, 聡 (2019-03-31). 鹿児島県長島町獅子島の上部白亜系御所浦層群から産出した 東アジア最古のエラスモサウルス科（爬虫綱，長頚竜目） (Thesis) (in Japanese). Osaka Museum of Natural History.
  8. ↑ Shimbun, Minami-Nippon. "東アジア最古のクビナガリュウ発見地から20メートル 海岸の岩場に棒状の化石が 「こ、これは」研究者の顔色が変わった「翼竜の化石ですよ！」 | 鹿児島のニュース | 南日本新聞". 鹿児島のニュース - 南日本新聞 | 373news.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-19.
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