Lonchodectes

Lonchodectes; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
	Lectotype jaw fragment (A–D) and assigned rostrum fragment (E–H)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
Clade:	†Ornithocheiromorpha
Family:	†Lonchodectidae; Hooley, 1914
Genus:	†Lonchodectes; Hooley, 1914
Type species
	†Pterodactylus compressirostris; Owen, 1851
Species
	†L. compressirostris ; (Owen, 1851);
Synonyms
	Genus synonymy Cimoliopterus? ; Rodrigues & Kellner, 2013 ; Species synonymy Pterodactylus compressirostris ; Owen, 1851 ; Ornithocheirus compressirostris ; (Owen, 1851) Seeley, 1870 ; Pterodactylus cuvieri? ; Bowerbank, 1851 ; Ornithocheirus cuvieri? ; (Bowerbank, 1851) Seeley, 1870 ; Coloborhynchus cuvieri? ; (Bowerbank, 1851) Owen, 1874 ; Anhanguera cuvieri? ; (Bowerbank, 1851) Bakhurina & Unwin, 1995 ; Cimoliopterus cuvieri? ; (Bowerbank, 1851) Rodrigues & Kellner, 2013 ; Ornithocheirus brachyrhinus? ; Seeley, 1870 ; Pterodactylus fittoni? ; Owen, 1859 ; Ornithocheirus fittoni? ; (Owen, 1859) Seeley, 1870 ; Anhanguera fittoni? ; (Owen, 1859) Unwin, 2001 ;

Lonchodectes (meaning "lance biter") was a genus of lonchodectid pterosaur from several formations dating to the Turonian (Late Cretaceous) of England, mostly in the area around Kent. The species belonging to it had been assigned to Ornithocheirus until David Unwin's work of the 1990s and 2000s. Several potential species are known; most are based on scrappy remains, and have gone through several other generic assignments. The genus is part of the complex taxonomy issues surrounding Early Cretaceous pterosaurs from Brazil and England, such as Amblydectes, Anhanguera, Coloborhynchus, and Ornithocheirus.

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