Purbeckopus

Purbeckopus is an ichnotaxon of pterosaur of the family Pteraichnidae. The trackmaker of Purbeckopus lived in southern England during the Berriasian, in the Early Cretaceous. According to the fossil remains found, it is expected that it was a large pterosaur, with 6 m (19.7 ft) in wingspan.^[1]

Purbeckopus
Trace fossil classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
Ichnofamily:	†Pteraichnidae
Ichnogenus:	†Purbeckopus Delair, 1963
Type ichnospecies
†Purbeckopus pentadactylus Delair, 1963

See also

• Timeline of pterosaur research
• Ichnology
• List of pterosaur ichnogenera