Diopecephalus
Sign in to saveDiopecephalus is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Lower Tithonian (Upper Jurassic) of the Lithographic Limestone, Bavaria, Germany. The type and only species is D. kochi, although the name has been applied to Pterodactylus longicollum, with longicollum erroneously listed as the type species. thumb|Juvenile type specimen
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Diopecephalus is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Lower Tithonian (Upper Jurassic) of the Lithographic Limestone, Bavaria, Germany. The type and only species is D. kochi, although the name has been applied to Pterodactylus longicollum, with longicollum erroneously listed as the type species. thumb|Juvenile type specimen
==Assigned species== Like many pterosaurs, it has had a confusing taxonomic history, being given names by various authorities which identify it with four other genera: Pterodactylus longicollum (von Meyer 1854) Pterodactylus vulturinus (Wagner 1857) Pterodactylus longicollis (Wagner 1858) Pterodactylus suevicus (Fraas 1878) Cycnorhamphus fraasii (Seeley 1891) Pterodactylus frassi (Seeley 1901) Gallodactylus longicollum (Fabre 1974) Ornithocephalus longipes (Olshevsky 1978) (Ornithocephalus is an obsolete name for Pterodactylus) Ornithocephalus vulturinus (Olshevsky 1978)
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