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Wingspan
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>9metres
(30 feet)
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Stratigraphy
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Lifestyle
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Unknown.
It is believed that large pterosaurs were mainly marine,
living a lifestyle like albatrosses, and would therefore
have eaten fish. As we have no good information about these
specimens, it may not be the case...
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Description
of Material
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All
the material is fragmentary, and may well belong to a known
species.
Material
is rare, so please report it if you find some...
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| Locality |
Between
Chilton Chine and Atherfield
point |
Simon
Clabby 2006
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Indet.
"plesiosaurian"
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Species
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Unknown
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Stratigraphy
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Lifestyle
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Unknown
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Description
of Material
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An
isolated vertebrae, found by Jon Radley. Not much
else is known
Sauropterygian
material on the Isle of Wight is rare, so please report
it if you find some...
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| Locality |
Yaverland,
just below the Barnes High sandstone |
Simon
Clabby 2006
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?Platypterygius
Huene,
1922
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Pronounced
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PLAT-ipp-ter-IJ-ee-uss
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Meaning
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Flat
wing
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Species
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?
Platypterygius sp.
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Classification
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Ichthyosauria,
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Length
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Unknown
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Stratigraphy
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Lower
Greensands
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Lifestyle
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Platypterygius
is a toothed ichthyosaur that would have lived in
deep waters, hunting squid, ammonites and maybe small
plesiosaurs. Ichthyosaurs are known to have produced
live young.
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Description
of Material
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(Don't
understand all the terminology? visit the
Glossary)
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Platypterygius
is known on the Isle of Wight by several vertebrae,
so may belong to another genus (see here).
The snout relatively short and expanded, and the maxilla
is also relatively short. The external nares are bordered
by the lachrymal, nasal, and premaxilla. The anterior
flipper has seven or eight digits. The lageniform
and pisiform rarely extend to the distal humeral epiphysis,
and contact with the latter is weak.
Platypterygius
is a bit of a wastebasket taxon, into which all Cretaceous
ichthyosaurs are placed. Whether the Isle of Wight
Platypterygius is actually Platypterygius
remains to be seen...
description
from Arkhangelsky,
1998
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Locality
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Whale
Chine. |
Simon
Clabby 2006
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