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Cimoliopterus

Description

Cimoliopterus is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Cretaceous of England, United Kingdom and Texas, United States.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8580517https://www.gbif.org/species/8580517
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)270564https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=270564
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Cimoliopterus
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
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
-LophocratiaUnwin 2003
superfamilyOrnithocheiroideaSeeley 1870
superfamilyPteranodontoideaKellner 1996
genusCimoliopterusRodrigues & Kellner 2013
Scientific NameCimoliopterus Rodrigues & Kellner, 2013
Name Published InRodrigues, Taissa & Alexander W. A. Kellner. 2013. Taxonomic review of the Ornithocheirus complex (Pterosauria) from the Cretaceous of England. ZooKeys 308: 1-112.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cimoliopterusgenusbelongs to Pteranodontoideastated with evidenceRodrigues and Kellner, 2013
Cimoliopterusgenusbelongs to Targaryendraconiastated without evidencePegas et al., 2020
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance99.6 - 89.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Pterosauria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietpiscivore (based on Pterosauria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)T. Rodrigues and A. W. A. Kellner. 2013. Taxonomic review of the Ornithocheirus complex (Pterosauria) from the Cretaceous of England. ZooKeys 308:1-112
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimoliopterus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Cimoliopterus cuvieri
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cimoliopterus dunni
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
199.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2013Cimoliopterus Rodrigues and Kellner
2015Cimoliopterus Myers
2020Cimoliopterus Pegas et al.

References

Rodrigues T., Kellner A. W. A. (2013) Taxonomic review of the Ornithocheirus complex (Pterosauria) from the Cretaceous of England, ZooKeys 308, 1-112 doi:doi: 10.3897/zookeys.308.5559
Myers T. S. (2015) First North American occurrence of the toothed pteranodontoid pterosaur Cimoliopterus, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25, e1014904 doi:10.1080/02724634.2015.1014904
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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