Genus
Valid Extinct

Ornithostoma

Seeley 1871

Ornithostoma is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period of Europe, around 110 million years ago. Ornithostoma was once thought to have been a senior synonym of the pteranodontid Pteranodon due to its toothless anatomy and prior naming.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Ornithostoma
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CAMSM B.54485, holotype, rostrum fragment of Ornithostoma sedgwicki, in posterior, lateral, anterior, and ventral views. Owen's original, inccurate caption: Fig. 4. Side view of part of the proximal end of the metacarpal of the 5th or wing-finger. Fig. 5. Back (?) view of part of the proximal end of the metacarpal of the 5th or wing-finger. © Joseph Dinkel (1805-1891) · Public domain · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Azhdarchoidea Superfamily
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Ornithostoma Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1
Geological formations
West Melbury Marly Chalk
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (2)
Ornithostoma sedgwicki 106 Ma
Ornithostoma seeleyi subjective synonym of Ornithostoma sedgwicki 106 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
H. G. Seeley. 1871. Additional evidence on the structure of the head in ornithosaurs from the Cambridge Upper Greensand; being a supplement to "The Ornithosauria". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7:20-36 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
H. G. Seeley. 1871. Additional evidence on the structure of the head in ornithosaurs from the Cambridge Upper Greensand; being a supplement to "The Ornithosauria". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7:20-36 DOI ↗