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Pterodactyloidea
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Rank | suborder (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Pterodactyloidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 358 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 168 - 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Pterosauria) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | piscivore (based on Pterosauria) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Pteranodontia ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 52 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Eupterodactyloidea ✝ infraorder | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Archaeopterodactyloidea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Dsungaripteroidea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Aurorazhdarchidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Belonochasmatidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Cearadactylidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Lonchodraconidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Ornithodesmidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Tendaguripteridae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
Titanopterygiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Apatomerus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Ardeadactylus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Herbstosaurus ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Herbst Lizard | 1 | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic |
Kryptodrakon ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Mesadactylus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
Ningchengopterus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Nyctosaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Wenupteryx ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Anhangueria ✝ unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Lophocratia ✝ unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 309 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Nyctosauridae ✝ unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Ornithocheiridae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 62 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1824 | Pterodactylus grandis Cuvier |
1829 | Pterodactylus grandis Holl p. 82 |
1842 | Pterodactylus grandis Owen p. 156 |
1858 | Pterodactylus grandis Buckland p. 218 |
1859 | Pterodactylus longipes Münster |
1860 | Pterodactylus grandipelvis Meyer |
1861 | Pterodactylus woodwardi Owen p. 4 |
1861 | Pterodactylus grandis Owen p. 274 |
1865 | Pterodactylus carteri Seeley |
1869 | Ornithocheirus carteri Seeley |
1869 | Ptenodactylus woodwardi Seeley |
1870 | Pterodactylus validus Owen |
1870 | Ornithocheirus tenuirostris Seeley |
1870 | Ornithocheirus woodwardi Seeley |
1870 | Pterodactylus carteri Seeley |
1870 | Ornithocheirus oxyrhinus Seeley p. 117 |
1870 | Ornithocheirus xyphorhynchus Seeley p. 117 |
1870 | Ornithocheirus dentatus Seeley p. 119 |
1870 | Ornithocheirus scaphorhynchus Seeley p. 119 |
1870 | Ornithocheirus crassidens Seeley p. 122 |
1870 | Ornithocheirus brachyrhinus Seeley p. 123 |
1870 | Ornithocheirus enchorhynchus Seeley p. 123 |
1870 | Ornithocheirus eurygnathus Seeley p. 123 |
1874 | Pterodactylus sagittirostris Owen p. 3 figs. Pl. II, figs 1-8 |
1875 | Doratorhynchus validus Seeley |
1878 | Pterodactylus montanus Marsh p. 233 |
1878 | Pterodactylus montanus Williston p. 44 |
1881 | Dermodactylus montanus Marsh p. 342 |
1881 | Ornithocheirus bunzeli Seeley p. 701 |
1886 | Pterodactylus grandipelvis Winkler p. 200 |
1890 | Pterodactylus grandipelvis Zittel p. 792 |
1890 | Pterodactylus longipes Zittel p. 792 |
1890 | Dermodactylus montanus Zittel p. 798 |
1890 | Doratorhynchus validus Zittel p. 798 |
1892 | Pterodactylus grandis Lortet p. 132 |
1900 | Doratorhynchus validum Van Den Broeck p. 106 |
1900 | Pterodactylus sagittirostris Van Den Broeck p. 106 |
1901 | Pterodactyloidea Plieninger |
1902 | Dermodactylus montanus Hay p. 507 |
1937 | Pterodactyloidea Roxo p. 44 |
1946 | Pterodactyloidea Kuhn p. 67 |
1954 | Pterodactyloidea Huene p. 56 |
Year | Name and Author |
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1958 | Pterodactyloidea Delair p. 69 |
1958 | Doratorhynchus validus Delair p. 71 |
1964 | Pterodactyloidea Young p. 251 |
1966 | Pterodactyloidea Kuhn p. 109 |
1970 | Doratorhynchus validus Macfadyen p. 143 |
1971 | Araripesaurus castilhoi Price p. 454 |
1977 | Araripedactylus Wellnhofer |
1977 | Araripedactylus dehmi Wellnhofer p. 160 |
1981 | Dermodactylus montanus Galton p. 1120 |
1985 | Santanadactylus pricei Wellnhofer p. 132 figs. 19-24 |
1988 | Araripedactylus Carroll |
1988 | Pterodactyloidea Carroll |
1991 | Pterodactyloidea Sereno p. 19 |
2001 | Lonchodectes sagittirostris Unwin pp. 209-210 |
2002 | Pterodactyloidea Kellner and Campos p. 389 |
2003 | Lonchodectes sagittirostris Unwin p. 145 |
2003 | Pterodactyloidea Unwin p. 158 |
2005 | Pterodactyloidea Osi et al. |
2006 | Pterodactyloidea Andres and Ji p. 70 |
2006 | Dermodactylus montanus Chure et al. p. 236 |
2006 | Pterodactyloidea Chure et al. p. 236 |
2006 | Pterodactyloidea Wang and Zhou p. 406 |
2010 | Pterodactyloidea Andres et al. fig. 7 |
2012 | Pterodactyloidea Pereda-Suberbiola et al. |
2013 | Pterodactyloidea Andres and Myers |
2013 | Pterodactyloidea Martill et al. |
2013 | Pterodactyloidea Naish et al. |
2013 | Osteornis Rodrigues and Kellner |
2013 | Pterodactyloidea Rodrigues and Kellner p. 3 |
2014 | Pterodactyloidea Andres et al. |
2014 | Pterodactyloidea Bantim et al. |
2014 | Pterodactyloidea Headden and Campos |
2014 | Pterodactyloidea Jiang et al. p. 823 |
2014 | Pterodactyloidea Vidovic and Martill |
2016 | Pterodactyloidea Pegas et al. |
2017 | Pterodactyloidea Zhou et al. |
2019 | Pterodactyloidea Holgado et al. |
2019 | Pterodactyloidea Jacobs et al. |
2019 | Pterodactyloidea Kellner et al. |
2019 | Pterodactyloidea Zhou et al. |
2020 | Pterodactyloidea Pegas et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!