Purbeckopus
| Purbeckopus | |
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Trace fossil classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Ichnofamily: | †Pteraichnidae |
| Ichnogenus: | †Purbeckopus Delair, 1963 |
| Type ichnospecies | |
| †Purbeckopus pentadactylus Delair, 1963
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Purbeckopus is an ichnotaxon of pterosaur of the family Pteraichnidae. The trackmaker of Purbeckopus lived in southern England during the Berriasian, in the Early Cretaceous. According to the fossil remains found, it is expected that it was a large pterosaur, with 6 m (19.7 ft) in wingspan.[1]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Wright, J.L.; Unwin, D.M.; Lockleyl, M.G.; Rainforth, E.C. (January 1997). "Pterosaur tracks from the Purbeck Limestone Formation of Dorset, England" (PDF). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 108 (1): 39–48. Bibcode:1997PrGA..108...39W. doi:10.1016/S0016-7878(97)80004-1.
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