List of pterosaur-bearing stratigraphic units
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This is a list of stratigraphic units, where pterosaur fossils have been recovered from. Units listed are all either formation rank or higher (e.g. group).
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Argiles d'Ecqueville
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? Bahia Series
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Bakhar Svita
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Balabansai Svita
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| Iberodactylus | |||
| Dimorphodon | |||
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Bostobin Formation
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Calcaires tâchetés
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Calizas de La Huergina Formation
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Camadas de Guimarota
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Cañadon Asfalto Formation
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Chenini Formation
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Chipping Norton Formation
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Cornet Bauxite
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Cotswold Slate
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| Arthurdactylus, Aymberedactylus, Ludodactylus, Tupandactylus | |||
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Curtis/Stump Formation |
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Daohugou Beds
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Densus-Ciula Formation
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Dolomia di Forni
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Eagle Ford Formation
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Erlhaz Formation
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Gault Clay
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Gosau Formation
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"Great Oolite" |
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?"Hallau Bonened" |
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Hampen Marly Formation
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Hastings Beds
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Chaoyangopterus, Eoazhdarcho, Eopteranodon, Huaxiadraco, Jidapterus, Liaoningopterus, Liaoxipterus, Nemicolopterus, Nurhachius, Sinopterus | |||
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Kem Kem Beds
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"Dimorphodon" weintraubi | |||
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"Lithographic Limestones" |
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Luohangdong Formation
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Altmuehlopterus, Germanodactylus, Pterodactylus, Ardeadactylus, Rhamphorhynchus | |||
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Niobrara Chalk
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Oxford Clay Formation
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"Purbeck" |
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Purbeck Beds
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Qingshan Formation
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Qiqu Formation
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Santana Formation
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Sekmenevka Formation
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Solnhofen Plattenkalk
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Altmuehlopterus, Anurognathus, Aurorazhdarcho,[16] Ctenochasma, Cycnorhamphus, Germanodactylus, Gnathosaurus, Pterodactylus, Ardeadactylus, Rhamphorhynchus, Scaphognathus | ||
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Stonesfield Slate
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?"Syren Bonebed" |
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Archaeoistiodactylus,[18] Cascocauda, Changchengopterus,[19] Darwinopterus,[20] Fenghuangopterus,[21] Jianchangopterus,[22] Jianchangnathus,[23] Kunpengopterus, Qinglongopterus,[24] Sinomacrops | |||
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Tsagaantsav Svita
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"Unnamed unit of fissure fills" |
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"Unnamed unit of fissure fills" |
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Upper Chalk
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Upper Elliot Formation |
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Upper Greensand
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Vaca Muerta Formation
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"Wealden" |
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Whitby Mudstone Formation
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White Chalk |
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"Wierzbica Oolite and Platy Limestones" |
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Yalovach Formation
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Beipiaopterus, Boreopterus, Cathayopterus, Dendrorhynchoides, Elanodactylus,[27] Eosipterus, Feilongus, Gegepterus, Gladocephaloideus,[28] Haopterus, Moganopterus, Ningchengopterus,[29] Zhenyuanopterus[30] | |||
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Zorzino Limestone
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See also
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Further reading
- Barrett, P.M.; Butler, R.J.; Edwards, N.P.; Milner, A.R. (2008). Pterosaur distribution in time and space: an atlas (PDF). pp. 61–107.
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