Upper Jurassic Period

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Rhamphorhynchus longicaudus

Rhamphorhynchus longicaudus (long tail)
In excess of twelve specimens of this pterosaur from the Lower Tithonian, Lithographic Limestone, Bavaria, Germany.  Many more specimens showing incomplete remains.

Holotype: 6924 Teyler Museum, Haarlem, Holland.

von Meyer, C. E. H. 1847, Homeosaurus maximiliani und Rhamphorhynchus (Pterodactylus) longicaudus, zwei fossile Reptilien aus dem Kalkschiefer von Solenhofen. 22 pp. Frankfurt: Schmerber.

Pseudonyms
Pterodactylus longicaudus (Münster 1839)
Ornithocephalus longicaudus (Wagner 1851)
Pterodactylus longicaudatus (Owen 1851)
Rhamphorhynchus longicauda (Seeley 1869)
Rhamphorhynchus longicaudatus (von Ammon 1884)
Ornithocephalus longicaudatus (Lydekker 1888)
Rhamphorhynchus longicaudus (Stolley 1936)
Odontorhynchus longicaudus (Olshevsky 1978)