Genus: Nova?
Species: fittoni (OWEN, 1859) UNWIN,
2000
Etymology: In honor of William Henry Fitton (1780-1861) one of the founders
of the Geological Society of London, and who may be regarded as the discoverer
of the system now called "Neocomian,", which includes the Green-sand
matrix of the Flying Reptiles under consideration.
= Pterodactylus fittoni OWEN, 1859
= Ptenodactylus fittoni (OWEN, 1859) SEELEY,
1869
= Ornithocheirus fittoni (OWEN, 1859) SEELEY,
1870
= Ornithochirus fittoni (OWEN, 1859) LYDEKKER, 1888 (sic)
Holotype: NHMUK PV (old BMNH) R. 540
Locality: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire County, England, Southern United Kingdom.
Horizon: Upper Cambridge Greensand.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Turonian Stage, Uppermost Gallic Subepoch, Lower Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Late Cretaceous.
Material: Distal fragment of premaxilla, fragments of skeleton.
Lectotype: CAMSM B54.423: Anterior end of a rostrum.
Left; Right lateral view and Right; ventral view.
Referred material:
UNWIN, 2001
CAMSM B54.556: Anterior end of a rostrum.
Upper; Right laterial view; Middle, ventral view; Bottom, dorsal view.