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Lonchodectes

Lonchodectes (meaning "lance biter") is a genus of lonchodectid pterosaur from several formations dating to the Turonian (Late Cretaceous) of England, mostly in the area around Kent. The species belonging to it had been assigned to Ornithocheirus until David Unwin's work of the 1990s and 2000s. Several potential species are known; most are based on…

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related to Formerly assigned species · 22
Lonchodectes → Albian-age Gault Clay, Alexander Averianov, Amblydectes, Beds, Cambridge Greensand, Cenomanian-age, Chalk, David Unwin, East Sussex, Hooley, However, Ikrandraco, In, Kent, Lonchodectidae, Lonchodraco, NHMUK, Ornithocheirus, Pterodactylus, Serradraco
related to Classification · 15
Lonchodectes → Azhdarchoidea, Contrary, Ctenochasmatoidea, In, In Peter Wellnhofer's, Lonchodectidae, Lonchodraco, Longrich, Ornithocheiromorpha, Ornithocheirus, Pterosaurs, The, The Illustrated Encyclopedia, Unwin, Unwin's
related to history · 12
Lonchodectes → Chalk, Confusingly, Harry Govier Seeley, Kent, NHMUK, Numerous, Ornithocheirus, Pterodactylus, Reginald Walter Hooley's, Richard Owen, The, Turonian-age Upper Cretaceous Upper
related to Paleobiology · 1
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species ornithocheirus owen 1851 pterodactylus genus compressirostris seeley cuvieri anhanguera bowerbank assigned 1870 cimoliopterus type cretaceous coloborhynchus also jaw kellner

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Lonchodectesrelated to ClassificationIn Peter Wellnhofer's0.60section
Lonchodectesrelated to ClassificationThe Illustrated Encyclopedia0.60section
Lonchodectesrelated to ClassificationPterosaurs0.60section
Lonchodectesrelated to ClassificationUnwin's0.60section
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Lonchodectesrelated to ClassificationUnwin0.60section
Lonchodectesrelated to ClassificationLonchodectidae0.60section
Lonchodectesrelated to ClassificationCtenochasmatoidea0.60section
Lonchodectesrelated to ClassificationAzhdarchoidea0.60section
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Lonchodectesrelated to ClassificationLongrich0.60section

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