Ornithocheirus oxyrhinus Seeley, 1870

Rodrigues, Taissa & Kellner, Alexander Wilhelm Armin, 2013, Taxonomic review of the Ornithocheirus complex (Pterosauria) from the Cretaceous of England, ZooKeys 308, pp. 1-112 : 46-47

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.308.5559

publication LSID

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scientific name

Ornithocheirus oxyrhinus Seeley, 1870
status

(nomen dubium)

Ornithocheirus oxyrhinus Seeley, 1870 (nomen dubium) Fig. 19A-B View Figure 19

"Ptenodactylus" oxyrhinus Seeley: Seeley 1869: p. xvi [disclaimed]

Ornithocheirus oxyrhinus Seeley: Seeley 1870: p. 117

Ornithocheirus oxyrhinus Seeley: Hooley 1914: p. 535

Holotype.

CAMSM B 54612, anterior fragment of an upper jaw ( Fig. 19A-B View Figure 19 ).

Type locality.

Smithswashing, Coton, Cambridgeshire, England.

Type horizon.

Cambridge Greensand (Cenomanian; fossils Albian in age).

Description.

Ornithocheirus oxyrhinus was described by Seeley (1870) based on CAMSM B 54612, a portion of an upper jaw, with a palatal ridge and some alveoli. However, the specimen is incomplete and lacks any features that justify recognition of a distinct species. We here regard it as a nomen dubium.

Remarks.

Unwin (2001) classified it as a nomen nudum; however, it has a proper description (like most of the new species described by Seeley in 1870) so it is not technically a nomen nudum.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Pterosauria

Family

Anhangueridae

Genus

Ornithocheirus

Loc

Ornithocheirus oxyrhinus Seeley, 1870

Rodrigues, Taissa & Kellner, Alexander Wilhelm Armin 2013
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Loc

"Ptenodactylus" oxyrhinus

Rodrigues & Kellner 2013
2013
Loc

Ornithocheirus oxyrhinus

Rodrigues & Kellner 2013
2013
Loc

Ornithocheirus oxyrhinus

Rodrigues & Kellner 2013
2013