Species
Valid Extinct

Ornithocheirus simus

(Owen 1861)

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Pteranodontia Unranked clade
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Ornithocheiroidea Superfamily
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Ornithocheirus Genus
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Ornithocheirus simus Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
2
🇲🇦 Morocco
1
Geological formations
West Melbury Marly Chalk
2
Ifezouane
1
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
2
Synonyms (1)
Ornithocheirus platyrhinus subjective synonym of Ornithocheirus simus
Bibliography
Original description
R. Owen. 1861. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Cretaceous formations. Supplement no. III. Pterosauria (Pterodactylus) and Sauropterygia (Polyptychodon). Palaeontographical Society Monographs
Bibliography (3)
M. L. Jacobs, D. M. Martill, and D. M. Unwin, N. Ibrahim, S. Zouhri, N. R. Longrich. 2020. New toothed pterosaurs (Pterosauria: Ornithocheiridae) from the middle Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of Morocco and implications for pterosaur palaeobiogeography and diversity. Cretaceous Research 110:104413 DOI ↗
H. G. Seeley. 1870. The Ornithosauria: an elementary study of the bones of pterodactyles, made from fossil remains found in the Cambridge Upper Greensand, and arranged in the Woodwardian Museum of the University of Cambridge, Deighton, Bell & Co, Cambridge DOI ↗
R. Owen. 1861. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Cretaceous formations. Supplement no. III. Pterosauria (Pterodactylus) and Sauropterygia (Polyptychodon). Palaeontographical Society Monographs