Biology:Amblydectes
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles
| Amblydectes Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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| A. crassidens holotype | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Family: | †Anhangueridae |
| Subfamily: | †Tropeognathinae |
| Genus: | †Amblydectes Hooley, 1914 |
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| †Ornithocheirus crassidens Seeley, 1870
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Amblydectes is a genus of pterosaur known from jaw fragments. It apparently had a jaw flattened towards the tip and triangular in cross-section. It has at times been synonymized with Coloborhynchus, Criorhynchus, Lonchodectes, or Ornithocheirus. A 2013 study found A. crassidens and A. eurygnathus to be nomina dubia, with A. platystomus possibly belonging to a separate, yet unnamed genus.[1] A 2021 study found A. crassidens to be a valid genus within Anhangueridae, while A. platystomus was placed in the new genus Draigwenia. A. eurygnathus was found to be possibly a junior synonym of A. crassidens.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Rodrigues, T.; Kellner, A. (2013). "Taxonomic review of the Ornithocheirus complex (Pterosauria) from the Cretaceous of England". ZooKeys (308): 1–112. doi:10.3897/zookeys.308.5559. PMID 23794925.
- ↑ Holgado, Borja (2021-12-03). "On the validity of the genus Amblydectes Hooley 1914 (Pterodactyloidea, Anhangueridae) and the presence of Tropeognathinae in the Cambridge Greensand" (in en). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 93 (suppl 2): e20201658. doi:10.1590/0001-3765202120201658. ISSN 0001-3765. PMID 34877964. http://www.scielo.br/j/aabc/a/jCRQcZcwkLWsD9DvWjp9Zmb/?lang=en.
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