Ardeadactylus
Ardeadactylus | |
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SMNS 56603, the neotype
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Clade: | †Euctenochasmatia |
Clade: | †Ctenochasmatoidea |
Genus: | †Ardeadactylus Bennett, 2013 |
Species: | †A. longicollum
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Binomial name | |
†Ardeadactylus longicollum | |
Synonyms | |
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Ardeadactylus (from Ardea – meaning "
History
Only two specimens of Ardeadactylus are known to exist currently: SMNS 56603 (earlier SMNS 5802) found in 1874, a specimen from
Description
Ardeadactylus is suspected to be a heron–like, long–necked long–legged piscivore.[1] It was similar to Pterodactylus antiquus in its general body form, but seems to have been larger. Bennett (2013) estimated the wingspan of the neotype specimen to be 1.45 meters (4.8 ft); the referred specimen from the Jura Museum is more or less 10% larger.[1] A. longicollum had fewer, fifteen per jaw, and relatively larger teeth than P. antiquus, possibly indicating that it preyed on larger fish than Pterodactylus.[1]
Classification
In 2017, a
Ctenochasmatoidea |
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In 2018 however, Nicholas Longrich and colleagues had recovered a different set of relationships for
Ctenochasmatidae |
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See also
References
- ^ S2CID 83722829.
- ^ Fraas, O., 1878, "Über Pterodactylus suevicus, Qu., von Nusplingen", Palaeontographica, 25: 163–174
- ^ a b Meyer, C.E.H. von, 1854, "Mittheilungen an Professor Bronn: Anthracotherium Dalmatinum vom Monte Promina u.a. A.; Chelydra Decheni aus Braunkohle des Siebengebirges; Wirbelthier-Reste aus dem Basalttuff-Konglomerat zu Glimbach an der Rabenau; angebliches Vorkommen von Agnotherium antiquum und Hyaena spelaea; fossile Reste im lithographischen Schiefer von Nusplingen bei Spaichingen; Eryon Schuberti; Litogaster; Pemphix; Pterodactylus longicollum n. sp. in Solenhofener Schiefer; Acrosaurus Frischmanni von da; Reptilien und Cancer-Arten im Kressenberger Nummuliten-Gestein", Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 1854: 47–58
- ^ Wellnhofer, P., 1970, "Die Pterodactyloidea (Pterosauria) der Oberjura-Plattenkalke Süddeutschlands", Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Wissenschaftlichen Klasse, Abhandlungen 141: 1–133
- S2CID 219204038.
- PMID 29534059.