Taxonomic review of the Ornithocheirus complex (Pterosauria) from the Cretaceous of England Author Rodrigues, Taissa Department of Biology, Agrarian Sciences Center, Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo. Alto Universitario s / n, Caixa Postal 16, Guararema, CEP 29500 - 000, Alegre, ES, Brazil taissa.rodrigues@gmail.com Author Kellner, Alexander Wilhelm Armin Laboratory of Systematics and Taphonomy of Fossil Vertebrates, Department of Geology and Paleontology, Museu Nacional / Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Quinta da Boa Vista s / n, Sao Cristovao, CEP 20940 - 040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil text ZooKeys 2013 2013-06-12 308 1 112 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.308.5559 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.308.5559 1313-2970-308-1 EEC31850AAAB4081B05AB80A2D944658 FFA2FFFEFFE74632FFB7FFC7D553CE26 577662
Table 1. Abbreviated taxonomic history of the Ornithocheirus complex from the Cretaceous of England. Single quotation marks indicate provisional genera.<br/>
Original descriptionSeeley, 1870Hooley, 1914Wellnhofer, 1978Unwin, 2001This work
Ornithocheirus brachyrhinus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus brachyrhinusOrnithocheirus brachyrhinusOrnithocheirus brachyrhinusAnhanguera cuvierinomen dubium
Ornithocheirus capito Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus capitoCriorhynchus capitoCriorhynchus capitoColoborhynchus capito'Ornithocheirus' capito
Ornithocheirus carteri Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus carteri-Criorhynchus simusOrnithocheirus simusnomen dubium
Coloborhynchus clavirostris Owen, 1874-Criorhynchus simusCriorhynchus simusColoborhynchus clavirostrisColoborhynchus clavirostris
Ornithocheirus colorhinus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus colorhinusOrnithocheirus colorhinusOrnithocheirus colorhinusAnhanguera cuvieriCamposipterus(?) colorhinus
Pterodactylus compressirostris Owen, 1852-Lonchodectes compressirostrisOrnithocheirus compressirostrisLonchodectes compressirostrisnomen dubium
Pterodactylus cuvieri Bowerbank, 1852Ornithocheirus cuvieriOrnithocheirus cuvieriOrnithocheirus cuvieriAnhanguera cuvieriCimoliopterus cuvieri
Palaeornis cliftii Mantell, 1844-Ornithocheirus clifti [sic]Ornithocheirus clifti [sic]-nomen dubium
Ornithocheirus crassidens Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus crassidensAmblydectes crassidensCriorhynchus crassidensColoborhynchus sedgwickiinomen dubium
Coloborhynchus clavirostris Owen, 1874-Criorhynchus simusCriorhynchus simusColoborhynchus clavirostrisColoborhynchus clavirostris
Pterodactylus curtus Owen, 1874-Ornithocheirus curtusOrnithocheirus curtus-nomen nudum
Pterodactylus daviesii Owen, 1874-Lonchodectes daviesiiOrnithocheirus daviesi [sic]Lonchodectes platystomus'Pterodactylus' daviesii
Ornithocheirus dentatus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus dentatusOrnithocheirus dentatusOrnithocheirus dentatusAnhanguera cuvierinomen dubium
Ornithocheirus denticulatus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus denticulatusOrnithocheirus denticulatus-Anhanguera cuvieri'Ornithocheirus' denticulatus
Cimoliornis diomedeus Owen, 1846-Ornithocheirus diomedius [sic]Ornithocheirus diomedius [sic]-nomen dubium
Ornithocheirus enchorhynchus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus enchorhynchusOrnithocheirus enchorhynchusOrnithocheirus enchorhynchusAnhanguera cuvierinomen dubium
Ornithocheirus eurygnathus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus eurygnathusAmblydectes eurygnathusCriorhynchus eurygnathusColoborhynchus capitonomen dubium
Pterodactylus fittoni Owen, 1859Ornithocheirus fittoniOrnithocheirus fittoniOrnithocheirus fittoniAnhanguera fittoninomen dubium
Pterodactylus giganteus Bowerbank, 1846-Lonchodectes giganteusOrnithocheirus giganteusLonchodectes giganteusLonchodraco giganteus
Ornithocheirus huxleyi Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus huxleyi-Ornithocheirus huxleyiLonchodectes microdon-
Ornithocheirus machaerorhynchus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus machaerorhynchusLonchodectes machaeorhynchus [sic]Ornithocheirus machaeorhynchus [sic]Lonchodectes machaerorhynchusLonchodraco machaerorhynchus
Ornithocheirus microdon Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus microdonLonchodectes microdonOrnithocheirus microdonLonchodectes microdonLonchodraco(?) microdon
Ornithocheirus nasutus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus nasutusOrnithocheirus nasutusOrnithocheirus nasutusAnhanguera fittoniCamposipterus nasutus
Pterodactylus nobilis-Ornithocheirus nobilis--nomen nudum
Ornithocheirus oweni Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus oweniLonchodectes oweniOrnithocheirus oweniLonchodectes microdonLonchodraco(?) microdon
Ornithocheirus oxyrhinus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus oxyrhinusOrnithocheirus oxyrhinusOrnithocheirus oxyrhinusnomen nudumnomen dubium
Ornithocheirus platyrhinus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus platyrhinusCriorhynchus platyrhinusCriorhynchus simusOrnithocheirus simusOrnithocheirus simus
Ornithocheirus platystomus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus platystomusAmblydectes platystomusCriorhynchus platystomusLonchodectes platystomus'Ornithocheirus' platystomus
Ornithocheirus polyodon Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus polyodonOrnithocheirus polyodonOrnithocheirus polyodonAnhanguera fittoni'Ornithocheirus' polyodon
Ornithocheirus reedi Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus reediCriorhynchus reediCriorhynchus reediColoborhynchus capito'Ornithocheirus' capito
Pterodactylus sagittirostris Owen, 1874-Lonchodectes sagittirostrisOrnithocheirus sagittirostrisLonchodectes sagittirostrisnomen dubium
Ornithocheirus scaphorhynchus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus scaphorhynchusLonchodectes scaphorhynchusOrnithocheirus scaphorhynchusAnhanguera cuvierinomen dubium
Pterodactylus sedgwickii Owen, 1859Ornithocheirus sedgwicki [sic]Ornithocheirus sedgwicki [sic]Ornithocheirus sedgwicki [sic]Coloborhynchus sedgwickiiCamposipterus(?) sedgwickii
Pterodactylus simus Owen, 1861Ornithocheirus simusCriorhynchus simusCriorhynchus simusOrnithocheirus simusOrnithocheirus simus
Ornithocheirus tenuirostris Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus tenuirostrisLonchodectes tenuirostrisOrnithocheirus tenuirostrisLonchodectes compressirostrisnomen dubium
Pterodactylus woodwardi Owen, 1861Ornithocheirus woodwardiCriorhynchus woodwardiCriorhynchus simusColoborhynchus sedgwickinomen dubium
Ornithocheirus xyphorhynchus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus xyphorhynchusOrnithocheirus xyphorhynchusOrnithocheirus xyphorhynchusAnhanguera cuvierinomen dubium