Amblydectes

Amblydectes is a genus of pterosaur known from jaw fragments. It apparently had a jaw flattened towards the tip and triangular in cross-section. It has at times been synonymized with Coloborhynchus, Criorhynchus, Lonchodectes, or Ornithocheirus. A 2013 study found A. crassidens and A. eurygnathus to be nomina dubia, with A. platystomus possibly belonging to a separate, yet unnamed genus.^[1] A 2021 study found A. crassidens to be a valid genus within Anhangueridae, while A. platystomus was placed in the new genus Draigwenia. A. eurygnathus was found to possibly be a junior synonym of A. crassidens.^[2]

Amblydectes Temporal range: Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
A. crassidens holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
Family:	†Anhangueridae
Subfamily:	†Tropeognathinae
Genus:	†Amblydectes Hooley, 1914
Type species
†Ornithocheirus crassidens Seeley, 1870
Species
†A. crassidens (Seeley, 1870)
Synonyms
Ornithocheirus crassidens Seeley, 1870 Ornithocheirus eurygnathus Seeley, 1870 Amblydectes eurygnathus Seeley, 1870

A. eurygnathus holotype, a possible synonym of A. crassidens

See also

• Timeline of pterosaur research