Table 1. Abbreviated taxonomic history of the Ornithocheirus complex from the Cretaceous of England. Single quotation marks indicate provisional genera. Original descriptionSeeley, 1870Hooley, 1914Wellnhofer, 1978Unwin, 2001This workOrnithocheirus brachyrhinus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus brachyrhinusOrnithocheirus brachyrhinusOrnithocheirus brachyrhinusAnhanguera cuvierinomen dubiumOrnithocheirus capito Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus capitoCriorhynchus capitoCriorhynchus capitoColoborhynchus capito‘Ornithocheirus’ capitoOrnithocheirus carteri Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus carteri-Criorhynchus simusOrnithocheirus simusnomen dubiumColoborhynchus clavirostris Owen, 1874-Criorhynchus simusCriorhynchus simusColoborhynchus clavirostrisColoborhynchus clavirostrisOrnithocheirus colorhinus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus colorhinusOrnithocheirus colorhinusOrnithocheirus colorhinusAnhanguera cuvieriCamposipterus(?) colorhinusPterodactylus compressirostris Owen, 1852-Lonchodectes compressirostrisOrnithocheirus compressirostrisLonchodectes compressirostrisnomen dubiumPterodactylus cuvieri Bowerbank, 1852Ornithocheirus cuvieriOrnithocheirus cuvieriOrnithocheirus cuvieriAnhanguera cuvieriCimoliopterus cuvieriPalaeornis cliftii Mantell, 1844-Ornithocheirus clifti [sic]Ornithocheirus clifti [sic]-nomen dubiumOrnithocheirus crassidens Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus crassidensAmblydectes crassidensCriorhynchus crassidensColoborhynchus sedgwickiinomen dubiumColoborhynchus clavirostris Owen, 1874-Criorhynchus simusCriorhynchus simusColoborhynchus clavirostrisColoborhynchus clavirostrisPterodactylus curtus Owen, 1874-Ornithocheirus curtusOrnithocheirus curtus-nomen nudumPterodactylus daviesii Owen, 1874-Lonchodectes daviesiiOrnithocheirus daviesi [sic]Lonchodectes platystomus‘Pterodactylus’ daviesiiOrnithocheirus dentatus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus dentatusOrnithocheirus dentatusOrnithocheirus dentatusAnhanguera cuvierinomen dubiumOrnithocheirus denticulatus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus denticulatusOrnithocheirus denticulatus-Anhanguera cuvieri‘Ornithocheirus’ denticulatusCimoliornis diomedeus Owen, 1846-Ornithocheirus diomedius [sic]Ornithocheirus diomedius [sic]-nomen dubiumOrnithocheirus enchorhynchus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus enchorhynchusOrnithocheirus enchorhynchusOrnithocheirus enchorhynchusAnhanguera cuvierinomen dubiumOrnithocheirus eurygnathus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus eurygnathusAmblydectes eurygnathusCriorhynchus eurygnathusColoborhynchus capitonomen dubiumPterodactylus fittoni Owen, 1859Ornithocheirus fittoniOrnithocheirus fittoniOrnithocheirus fittoniAnhanguera fittoninomen dubiumPterodactylus giganteus Bowerbank, 1846-Lonchodectes giganteusOrnithocheirus giganteusLonchodectes giganteusLonchodraco giganteusOrnithocheirus huxleyi Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus huxleyi-Ornithocheirus huxleyiLonchodectes microdon-Ornithocheirus machaerorhynchus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus machaerorhynchusLonchodectes machaeorhynchus [sic]Ornithocheirus machaeorhynchus [sic]Lonchodectes machaerorhynchusLonchodraco machaerorhynchusOrnithocheirus microdon Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus microdonLonchodectes microdonOrnithocheirus microdonLonchodectes microdonLonchodraco(?) microdonOrnithocheirus nasutus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus nasutusOrnithocheirus nasutusOrnithocheirus nasutusAnhanguera fittoniCamposipterus nasutusPterodactylus nobilis-Ornithocheirus nobilis--nomen nudumOrnithocheirus oweni Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus oweniLonchodectes oweniOrnithocheirus oweniLonchodectes microdonLonchodraco(?) microdonOrnithocheirus oxyrhinus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus oxyrhinusOrnithocheirus oxyrhinusOrnithocheirus oxyrhinusnomen nudumnomen dubiumOrnithocheirus platyrhinus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus platyrhinusCriorhynchus platyrhinusCriorhynchus simusOrnithocheirus simusOrnithocheirus simusOrnithocheirus platystomus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus platystomusAmblydectes platystomusCriorhynchus platystomusLonchodectes platystomus‘Ornithocheirus’ platystomusOrnithocheirus polyodon Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus polyodonOrnithocheirus polyodonOrnithocheirus polyodonAnhanguera fittoni‘Ornithocheirus’ polyodonOrnithocheirus reedi Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus reediCriorhynchus reediCriorhynchus reediColoborhynchus capito‘Ornithocheirus’ capitoPterodactylus sagittirostris Owen, 1874-Lonchodectes sagittirostrisOrnithocheirus sagittirostrisLonchodectes sagittirostrisnomen dubiumOrnithocheirus scaphorhynchus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus scaphorhynchusLonchodectes scaphorhynchusOrnithocheirus scaphorhynchusAnhanguera cuvierinomen dubiumPterodactylus sedgwickii Owen, 1859Ornithocheirus sedgwicki [sic]Ornithocheirus sedgwicki [sic]Ornithocheirus sedgwicki [sic]Coloborhynchus sedgwickiiCamposipterus(?) sedgwickiiPterodactylus simus Owen, 1861Ornithocheirus simusCriorhynchus simusCriorhynchus simusOrnithocheirus simusOrnithocheirus simusOrnithocheirus tenuirostris Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus tenuirostrisLonchodectes tenuirostrisOrnithocheirus tenuirostrisLonchodectes compressirostrisnomen dubiumPterodactylus woodwardi Owen, 1861Ornithocheirus woodwardiCriorhynchus woodwardiCriorhynchus simusColoborhynchus sedgwickinomen dubiumOrnithocheirus xyphorhynchus Seeley, 1870Ornithocheirus xyphorhynchusOrnithocheirus xyphorhynchusOrnithocheirus xyphorhynchusAnhanguera cuvierinomen dubium

Published as part of Rodrigues, Taissa & Kellner, Alexander Wilhelm Armin, 2013, Taxonomic review of the Ornithocheirus complex (Pterosauria) from the Cretaceous of England, pp. 1 in ZooKeys 308 on page 1, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.308.5559, http://zenodo.org/record/577662