Genus
Valid Extinct

Camposipterus

Rodrigues and Kellner 2013

Camposipterus is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of England. Fossil remains of Camposipterus dated back to the Early Cretaceous, about 112 million years ago.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Camposipterus
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Camposipterus nasutus comb. n. Holotype CAMSM B 54556 (Albian, Cambridge Greensand), anterior part of the rostrum A left lateral view B respective line drawing C ventral view D respective line drawing. Abbreviations: m – maxillae, pm – premaxillae, prid – palatal ridge. Arrows and numbers indicate alveoli or teeth and their respective position. Scale bar = 10 mm. © Taissa Rodrigues and Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia
Camposipterus
Camposipterus
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Pteranodontoidea Superfamily
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Anhangueria Unranked clade
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Camposipterus Genus
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
3
Geological formations
West Melbury Marly Chalk
3
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
3
Species (6)
Camposipterus colorhinus
Camposipterus nasutus 106 Ma
Camposipterus sedgwickii
Ornithocheirus nasutus subjective synonym of Camposipterus nasutus 106 Ma
Ornithocheirus polyodon subjective synonym of Camposipterus nasutus 106 Ma
Pterodactylus fittoni subjective synonym of Camposipterus nasutus 106 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
T. Rodrigues and A. W. A. Kellner. 2013. Taxonomic review of the Ornithocheirus complex (Pterosauria) from the Cretaceous of England. ZooKeys 308:1-112 DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
T. Rodrigues and A. W. A. Kellner. 2013. Taxonomic review of the Ornithocheirus complex (Pterosauria) from the Cretaceous of England. ZooKeys 308:1-112 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. 1859. Supplement (No. I) to the Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the Cretaceous Formations. Palaeontographical Society Monographs