Dolicorhamphus
Dolicorhamphus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic,
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Un-numbered holotype mandible of D. bucklandi (top) and holotype mandible GSM 113723 of D. depressirostris (bottom) | |
D. depressirostris mandible GSM 113723 seen from four different angles | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Family: | †Rhamphorhynchidae |
Genus: | †Dolicorhamphus Seeley, 1885[1]
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Dolicorhamphus is an extinct genus of pterosaurs from the Middle Jurassic Taynton Limestone Formation and Fuller's Earth Formations of England. The genus contains two species, D. bucklandii and D. depressirostris.
Both species of Dolicorhamphus were assigned to the wastebasket genus
D. bucklandi is based on its holotype, a now lost[5] jaw from the Taynton Limestone Formation that was described as a species of Pterodactylus in 1832,[2] and the list of known specimens are: NHMUK PV R 28610, 32752, 37765, 38014, 38015, 38016, 38017, 38019, 38020, 38025, 40126, 47994, 47999a, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1824, 2637, 6749, 6750 (Steel 2012); OUM J.28275, J.28537, J.283043, which include limb elements that show no crossover with the holotype jaw.[5] The holotype jaw measured roughly 8.89 centimetres (3.50 in) in length and was given to Thomas Henry Huxley by Henry Reynolds-Moreton.[4]
D. depressirostris is based on its holotype, GSM 113723 (a mandible), and NHMUK PV R 40126 (isolated limb elements) and GSM 113723 has been damaged with the right
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Holotype jaw and tooth of D. bucklandii; from Geikie (1902[8])
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Outdated reconstruction of D. bucklandii; from Geikie (1902[8])
References
- ^ Seeley, H.G. (1885). Phillips' Manual of Geology 2nd edition. Vol. I. Charles Griffin & Company, London. p. 518.
- ^ a b H. v. Meyer. (1832). Palaeologica zur Geschichte der Erde und ihrer Geschöpfe; Verlag von Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main 1-560
- ^ a b Lydekker, R. (1888). Catalogue of the fossil reptilia and amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History) Part I: Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Proterosauria. 339 pp. Order of the Trustees, London.
- ^ a b T. H. Huxley. (1859). On Rhamphorhynchus bucklandi, a new pterosaurian from the Stonesfield Slate. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 15:658-670.
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- S2CID 245078533.
- S2CID 247494547.
- ^ a b 1902 Geikie Geology 19thcenturyscience.org