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Time scale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Era<\/strong><\/td>\nPeriod<\/strong><\/td>\nEpoch<\/strong><\/td>\nAge<\/strong><\/td>\nYears ago<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mesozoic<\/td>\nCretaceous<\/td>\nLate Cretaceous<\/td>\nMaastrichtian<\/td>\n66 043 000 – 72 100 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Campanian<\/td>\n72 100 000 – 83 600 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Santonian<\/td>\n83 600 000 – 86 300 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coniacian<\/td>\n86 300 000 – 89 800 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turonian<\/td>\n89 800 000 – 93 900 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cenomanian<\/td>\n93 900 000 – 100 500 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Early Cretaceous<\/td>\nAlbian<\/td>\n100 500 000 – 113 000 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aptian<\/td>\n113 000 000 – 125 000 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barremian<\/td>\n125 000 000 – 129 400 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hauterivian<\/td>\n129 400 000 – 132 600 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Valanginian<\/td>\n132 600 000 – 139 800 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Berriasian<\/td>\n139 800 000 – 145 000 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jurassic<\/td>\nLate Jurassic<\/td>\nTithonian<\/td>\n145 000 000 – 152 100 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kimmeridgian<\/td>\n152 100 000 – 157 300 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oxfordian<\/td>\n157 300 000 – 163 500 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Jurassic<\/td>\nCallovian<\/td>\n163 500 000 – 166 100 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bathonian<\/td>\n166 100 000 – 168 300 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bajocian<\/td>\n168 300 000 – 170 300 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aalenian<\/td>\n170 300 000 – 174 100 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Early Jurassic<\/td>\nToarcian<\/td>\n174 100 000 – 182 700 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pliensbachian<\/td>\n182 700 000 – 190 800 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sinemurian<\/td>\n190 800 000 – 199 300 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hettangian<\/td>\n199 300 000 – 201 300 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Triassic<\/td>\nLate Triassic<\/td>\nRhaetian<\/td>\n201 300 000 – 208 500 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Norian<\/td>\n208 500 000 – 227 000 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carnian<\/td>\n227 000 000 – 237 000 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Triassic<\/td>\nLadinian<\/td>\n237 000 000 – 242 000 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anisian<\/td>\n242 000 000 – 247 200 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Early Triassic<\/td>\nOlenekian<\/td>\n247 200 000 – 251 200 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Induan<\/td>\n251 200 000 – 251 902 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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ESR – Estimated size reliability<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
ESR – Estimated size reliability<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
0<\/td>\nNo estimate, too fragmentary or no measurements etc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
0.5<\/td>\nVery fragmentary, poor material for example only teeth, phalanx etc, or phylogeny is hard to establish.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nIsolated bones but these can be compared to more complete specimens.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nBase on partial skeleton.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.5<\/td>\nBase on large part of skeleton.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nBase on nearly complete or complete skeleton.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Definitions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Definitions<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
nomen dubium<\/em><\/td>\n\u201cdoubtful name\u201d: generic name the type specimen of whose type species is too incomplete to be distinguished from like material belonging to at least two otherwise distinct species; a nomen dubium<\/em> genus may be a synonym of another genus, but its known material is not considered complete enough to formalize such synonymy; being a nomen dubium<\/em> does not invalidate a name but does render equally doubtful any other taxonomic names based on that genus.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
nomen ex dissertatione<\/em><\/td>\n\u201cname from dissertation\u201d: generic name created in a dissertation; a particular kind of nomen nudum (see below) excluded from availability because dissertations are not considered publications by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature; because copies of many dissertations are available by purchase to anyone from University Microfilms International, however, generic names created in them are in fact published in accordance with the criteria of the Dinosaur Genera List, so they are listed here when known, and the publication year is the year the document became available from UMI; a nomen ex dissertatione<\/em> may change when the author formally describes the genus, in which case the replacement name is indicated.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
nomen manuscriptum<\/em><\/td>\n\u201cmanuscript name\u201d: formally unpublished name that appears in a manuscript in preparation for publication that has been made publicly available, for example via the Internet; such a name is here counted as a vernacular name, dated the year the manuscript was first made available; if the name is later formally described, its nomen manuscriptum<\/em> listing is converted into a valid-name listing, with new author(s) and\/or date if necessary; if the name is changed upon formal publication, the old vernacular name is retained in the list, along with a pointer to its new valid name.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
nomen nudum<\/em><\/td>\n\u201cnaked name\u201d: generic name lacking a description and\/or a type specimen for its type species; indicated name, when given, is the scientific name subsequently applied to the material; a nomen nudum<\/em> is treated as a vernacular name and is not valid in scientific nomenclature.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
nomen oblitum<\/em><\/td>\n\u201cforgotten name\u201d: generic name unused in the scientific literature for at least 50 years after publication and hence at least potentially invalid.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
nomen rejectum<\/em><\/td>\n\u201crejected name\u201d: generic name rejected by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature in favor of the indicated name; depending on the terms of rejection, a nomen rejectum<\/em> may or may not be a scientifically valid name.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
nomen vanum<\/em><\/td>\nIt is a term first applied by Simpson (1945:27) for “names the proper application of which cannot now be determined although they fulfill\u00a0 the requirements of the Rules.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
nomen protectum<\/em><\/td>\nname that is protected, against a nomen oblitum<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S ><\/td>\n‘= synonyms- in zoological nomenclature, codified in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, synonyms are different scientific names of the same taxonomic rank that pertain to that same taxon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
nomen ineditum<\/em><\/td>\nInformal (unpublished) name that appeared in some online sources, forgotten over the years. Probably to be removed from the Database in the future.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Time scale Era Period Epoch Age Years ago Mesozoic Cretaceous Late Cretaceous Maastrichtian 66 043 000 – 72 100 000 Campanian 72 100 000 – 83 600 000 Santonian 83 600 000 – 86 300 000 Coniacian 86 300 000 – 89 800 000 Turonian 89 800 000 – 93 900 000 Cenomanian 93 900 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinoanimals.com\/pterosaurdatabase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinoanimals.com\/pterosaurdatabase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinoanimals.com\/pterosaurdatabase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dinoanimals.com\/pterosaurdatabase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dinoanimals.com\/pterosaurdatabase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dinoanimals.com\/pterosaurdatabase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinoanimals.com\/pterosaurdatabase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}