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Rhamphinion ✝

Description

Rhamphinion (meaning "beak nape"; Greek rhamphos, "beak" is a common part of "rhamphorhynchoid" names, and the remains of this animal came from the rear of the skull, i.e. "nape" or inion) is a genus of pterosaurs from the Sinemurian-mid Pliensbachian-age Lower Jurassic Kayenta Formation of northeastern Arizona, United States.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhamphinion, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4818452https://www.gbif.org/species/4818452
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)68171https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=68171
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Rhamphinion
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
-Pterosauria
suborderRhamphorhynchoideaPlieninger 1901
genusRhamphinionPadian 1984
Scientific NameRhamphinion Padian, 1984
Name Published InPalaeontology 27 (2)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Rhamphiniongenusbelongs to Rhamphorhynchoideastated without evidencePadian, 1984
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance199 - 183 Ma
Early Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance199 - 183 Ma
Early Jurassic
Environmentmarine (based on Pterosauria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietpiscivore (based on Pterosauria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)K. Padian. 1984. Pterosaur remains from the Kayenta Formation (?Early Jurassic) of Arizona\r\n. Palaeontology 27(2):407-413
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhamphinion

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Rhamphinion jenkinsi ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1199 Ma
Early Jurassic		199 Ma
Early Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1984Rhamphinion Padian p. 408 figs. 1-3

References

Padian K. (1984) Pterosaur remains from the Kayenta Formation (?Early Jurassic) of Arizona\r\n, Palaeontology 27 2, 407-413
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Palaeontology 27 (2) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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