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Taxon: Genus †Ornithocheirus Seeley, 1869 (reptile)
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Authorship

Original name:  Seeley, 1869. Index foss. Av. Rept., xvi.

Types

Type of: †Ornithocheiridae (Family) Seeley, 1870 Ref: P. Wellnhofer, 1991a: 185. [inferred]

Variants

Subsequent spelling: †Coloborhynchus (Genus) Owen, 1874 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling: †Ornithochirus (Genus) Lydekker, 1888 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Synonyms

Synonymous name: †Cimoliornis (Genus) Owen, 1846 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 621); PBDB(9 Jan 2018).
Synonymous name: †Lonchodectes (Genus) Hooley, 1914 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 621).
Synonymous name: †Palaeornis (Genus) Mantell, 1844, nom. illeg., nom. dub. Ref: PBDB: 5 Dec 2017.
Synonymous name: †Ptenodactylus (Genus) Seeley, 1869, nom. illeg. Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 65.
Synonymous name (objective): †Criorhynchus (Genus) Owen, 1874, nom. illeg. Ref: T. Rodrigues & A.W.A. Kellner, 2013: 18, 22; PBDB(27 Oct 2013).
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