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Lonchognatha ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)162689https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=162689
Rankunranked clade (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Lonchognatha
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
-MacronychopteraUnwin 2003
-NovialoideaKellner 2003
-LonchognathaUnwin 2003
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Lonchognathaunranked cladebelongs to Caelidraconesstated with evidenceUnwin, 2003
Lonchognathaunranked cladebelongs to Pterosauriastated with evidenceAndres et al., 2010
Lonchognathaunranked cladebelongs to Novialoideastated with evidenceAndres et al., 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)43
First Recorded Appearance201 - 197 Ma
Early Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Pterosauria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietpiscivore (based on Pterosauria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. M. Unwin. 2003. On the phylogeny and evolutionary history of pterosaurs. In E. Buffetaut, J.-M. Mazin (eds.), Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs, Geological Society of London, Special Publications 217:139-190

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Harpactognathus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1157 Ma
Jurassic
157 Ma
Jurassic
Monofenestrata
unranked clade
listed (PBDB)29201 Ma
Early Jurassic
125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2003Lonchognatha Unwin p. 153
2010Lonchognatha Andres et al. fig. 7
2014Lonchognatha Andres et al.

References

Unwin D. M. (2003) On the phylogeny and evolutionary history of pterosaurs, Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs, Geological Society of London, Special Publications 217, 139-190
Andres B., Clark J. M., et al (2010) A new rhamphorhynchid pterosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Xinjiang, China, and the phylogenetic relationships of basal pterosaurs, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 1, 163-187
Andres B., Clark J., et al (2014) The earliest pterodactyloid and the origin of the group, Current Biology 24, 1-6
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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