BreviquartossaCaelidraconesCenomanianEupterodactyloideaEuropeLate CretaceousLonchodectidaeLophocratiaMacronychopteraMonofenestrataNovialoideaOrnithocheiroideaOrnithocheiromorphaPteranodontoideaPterodactyliformesPterodactyloideaPterodactylomorphaPterosauriaTuronianZambellisauria

Lonchodectes compressirostris

Pterosaur: Lonchodectes compressirostris

Meters Feet
Wingspan*: 2.60 m 8.5 ft
*The largest known specimen

ESR: 0.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)

Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Cenomanian - Turonian

Details

Status: valid
Autor: Hooley
Year: 1914
Area: Europe
Country: United Kingdom
Region: England
Formation: Chalk

Classification

Pterosauria
Zambellisauria
Macronychoptera
Novialoidea
Breviquartossa
Pterodactylomorpha
Monofenestrata
Pterodactyliformes
Caelidracones
Pterodactyloidea
Lophocratia
Eupterodactyloidea
Ornithocheiroidea
Pteranodontoidea
Ornithocheiromorpha
Lonchodectidae


Other

Material: Partial rostrum in two fragments.
References: Averianov, A.O. (2020). "Taxonomy of the Lonchodectidae (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea)".

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