Ornithocheiridae 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 : 9-10

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scientific name	Ornithocheiridae Seeley, 1870
status

Treatment

Ornithocheiridae Seeley: Seeley 1870: p. 110

Criorhynchidae Hooley: Hooley 1914: p. 557

Type genus.

Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869.

Included genus.

Ornithocheirus .

Recorded temporal range.

Albian.

Recorded stratigraphic range.

Cambridge Greensand, England.

Diagnosis.

the same as for the type genus.

Remarks.

Seeley erected the name Ornithocheirae in 1870, including only the genus Ornithocheirus . It is corrected to Ornithocheiridae Seeley, 1870 following the article 11.7.1.3 of the ICZN.