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Istiodactylus latidens (Hooley, 1913)

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The Natural History Museum
London, United Kingdom

  • Title: Istiodactylus latidens (Hooley, 1913)
  • Type status: Holotype
  • State province: England
  • Specific epithet: latidens
  • Scientific name authorship: (Hooley, 1913)
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Order: Pterosauria
  • Locality: Near Brighstone
  • Latest period or highest system: Cretaceous
  • Latest era or highest erathem: Mesozoic
  • Latest epoch or Highest series: Early Cretaceous
  • Latest eon or highest eonothem: Phanerozoic
  • Latest age or Highest age: Aptian
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Identified by: Dr Mark P. Witton; University of Portsmouth; School of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Witton
  • Higher geography: Europe; United Kingdom; England; Isle of Wight
  • Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Reptilia; Pterosauria; Istiodactylidae
  • Group: Wealden Supergroup
  • Genus: Istiodactylus
  • Formation: Vectis Formation
  • Family: Istiodactylidae
  • Earliest period or lowest system: Cretaceous
  • Earliest era or lowest erathem: Mesozoic
  • Earliest epoch or lowest series: Early Cretaceous
  • Earliest eon or Lowest eonothem: Phanerozoic
  • Earliest age or Lowestst age: Barremian
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Continent: Europe
  • Class: Reptilia
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