Genus
Valid Extinct

Doratorhynchus

Seeley 1875

Doratorhynchus is a generic replacement name for Pterodactylus validus, in 1875 suggested by Harry Govier Seeley. Today it is considered a nomen vanum.

Temporal range
PBDB occurrences
0
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Classification
Pterosauria Order
Pterodactyloidea Suborder
Azhdarchoidea Superfamily
Azhdarchidae Family
Doratorhynchus Genus
Bibliography
Original description
H. G. Seeley. 1875. On an ornithosaurian (Doratorhynchus validus) from the Purbeck Limestone of Langton near Swanage. Quaterly Journal of the Geological Society 31:465-468 DOI ↗