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Pterodactylus antiquus (Soemmerring, 1812)

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  • Title: Pterodactylus antiquus (Soemmerring, 1812)
  • State province: Bavaria
  • Specific epithet: antiquus
  • Scientific name authorship: (Soemmerring, 1812)
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Order: Pterosauria
  • Locality: Eichst_̵dt [Eichstatt]
  • Latest period or highest system: Jurassic
  • Latest era or highest erathem: Mesozoic
  • Latest epoch or Highest series: Late Jurassic
  • Latest eon or highest eonothem: Phanerozoic
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Identified by: Steven Vidovic; University of Portsmouth; School of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Vidovic
  • Identification Qualifier: Figure 3G
  • Higher geography: Europe; Germany; Bavaria; Eichstatt; Eichst_̵tt [Eichstadt]; Eichst_̵dt [Eichstatt]
  • Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Reptilia; Pterosauria; Pterodactylidae
  • Genus: Pterodactylus
  • Family: Pterodactylidae
  • Earliest period or lowest system: Jurassic
  • Earliest era or lowest erathem: Mesozoic
  • Earliest epoch or lowest series: Late Jurassic
  • Earliest eon or Lowest eonothem: Phanerozoic
  • Country: Germany
  • Continent: Europe
  • Class: Reptilia
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