List of pterosaur-bearing stratigraphic units
This is a list of stratigraphic units pterosaur fossils have been recovered from. Units
listed are all either formation rank or higher (e.g. group).
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Argilliti di Riva di Solto |
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Calizas y Margas de Sierra Perenchiza Formation |
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Curtis/Stump Formation |
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Dolomia di Forni |
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Dzharakuduk Formation |
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El Castillar Formation |
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Elligserbrink Shale |
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Enciso Group |
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Gisement des Bessons |
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Gramme Formation |
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"Great Oolite" |
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Hakobuchi Group |
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?"Hallau Bonened" |
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Himenoura Group |
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Chaoyangopterus, Eoazhdarcho, Eopteranodon, "Huaxiapterus", Jidapterus, Liaoningopterus, Liaoxipterus, Nemicolopterus, Nurhachius, Sinopterus | |||
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Kössen beds |
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"Dimorphodon" weintraubi | |||
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"Lithographic Limestones" |
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Lower Chalk |
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Lower Kimmeridgian Mudstones |
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Marne des Dives |
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Middle Chalk |
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Middle Iser Shales |
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Mornsheimer Limestone |
Germanodactylus, Pterodactylus, "Pterodactylus" longicollum, Rhamphorhynchus | ||
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Nusplingen Limestone |
Cycnorhamphus, "Pterodactylus" longicollum, Rhamphorhynchus | ||
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Oncala Formation |
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"Purbeck" |
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Quebrada Monardes Formation |
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Seefelder Beds |
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Anurognathus, Aurorazhdarcho,[17] Ctenochasma, Cycnorhamphus, Germanodactylus, Gnathosaurus, Pterodactylus, "Pterodactylus" longicollum, Rhamphorhynchus, Scaphognathus | |||
Solothurn Turtle Limestone |
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?Steinmergel Group |
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?"Syren Bonebed" |
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Archaeoistiodactylus,[19] Changchengopterus,[20] Darwinopterus,[21] Fenghuangopterus[22] Jianchangopterus,[23] Jianchangnathus,[24] Qinglongopterus[25] | |||
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Toxaster Limestone |
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"Unnamed unit of fissure fills" |
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"Unnamed unit of fissure fills" |
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Upper ‘couche III’, phosphate deposits |
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Upper Elliot Formation |
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Upper Sables de Glos |
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"Wealden" |
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White Chalk |
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"Wierzbica Oolite and Platy Limestones" |
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Beipiaopterus, Boreopterus, Cathayopterus, Dendrorhynchoides, Elanodactylus,[28] Eosipterus, Feilongus, Gegepterus, Gladocephaloideus,[29] Haopterus, Ningchengopterus,[30] Zhenyuanopterus[31] | |||
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Züünbayan Formation |
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See also
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- The Pterosaur Database
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