Reptilia - Pterosauria

Alternative combination: Ornithocephalus antiquus

Synonyms: Germanodactylus kochi Wagner 1837, Ornithocephalus kochi Wagner 1837, Pterodactylus kochi Wagner 1837, Pterodactylus kochii Wagner 1837

Full reference: S. T. Soemmerring. 1812. Über einen Ornithocephalus [On an Ornithocephalus]. Denkschriften der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 3:89-158

Belongs to Pterodactylus according to S. C. Bennett 2013

Sister taxa: Pterodactylus brevirostris, Pterodactylus cirinensis, Pterodactylus crocodilocephaloides, Pterodactylus lavateri, Pterodactylus longirostris, Pterodactylus medius, Pterodactylus meyeri, Pterodactylus micronyx, Pterodactylus nettecephaloides

Type specimens:

• Pterodactylus antiquus: TM 10341, a skeleton. Its type locality is Eichstätt [Solnhofener Plattenkalk], which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofener Plattenkalk Formation of Germany.
• Pterodactylus kochi: