Amblydectes

Amblydectes; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
	A. crassidens holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Pterosauria
Suborder:	Pterodactyloidea
Family:	Ornithocheiridae
Genus:	Amblydectes; Hooley, 1914
Species
	A. crassidens (Seeley, 1870); A.? eurygnathus (Seeley, 1870); A.? platystomus (Seeley, 1870);

Amblydectes is known from fragments of jaw. It apparently had a jaw flattened towards the tip and triangular in cross-section. It has at times been synonymised 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]

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. PMC 3689139. PMID 23794925.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

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[1] 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. PMC 3689139. PMID 23794925.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

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