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| Rank | superfamily (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Ornithocheiroidea |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Ornithocheiroidea | suborder | belongs to Pterosauria | stated with evidence | Williston, 1897 | | Ornithocheiroidea | superfamily | belongs to Eupterodactyloidea | stated with evidence | Bennett, 1994 | | Ornithocheiroidea | unranked clade | belongs to Pterodactyloidea | stated with evidence | Unwin and Lü, 1997 | | Ornithocheiroidea | unranked clade | belongs to Dsungaripteroidea | stated without evidence | Andres and Norell, 2005 | | Ornithocheiroidea | superfamily | belongs to Pterodactyloidea | stated with evidence | Andres and Ji, 2008 | | Ornithocheiroidea | unranked clade | belongs to Pterodactyloidea | stated without evidence | Andres and Myers, 2013 | | Ornithocheiroidea | superfamily | belongs to Lophocratia | stated with evidence | Andres et al., 2014 | | Ornithocheiroidea | superfamily | belongs to Pteranodontia | stated with evidence | Headden and Campos, 2014 | | Ornithocheiroidea | superfamily | belongs to Pterodactyloidea | stated without evidence | Pentland et al., 2019 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 192 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 168 - 152 Ma
Jurassic |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Environment | marine (based on Pterosauria) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | piscivore (based on Pterosauria) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | B. Andres and M. A. Norell. 2005. The first record of a pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous strata of Öösh (Övörkhangai; Mongolia). American Museum Novitates 3472:1-6 |
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| Andres B., Norell M. A. (2005) The first record of a pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous strata of Öösh (Övörkhangai; Mongolia), American Museum Novitates 3472, 1-6 |
| Bennett S. C. (1994) Taxonomy and systematics of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Pteranodon (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea), Occasional Papers of the Natural History Museum of the University of Kansas 169, 1-70 |
| Unwin D. M., Lü J. (1997) On Zhejiangopterus and the relationships of pterodactyloid pterosaurs, Historical Biology 12, 199-210 |
| Unwin D. M. (2003) On the phylogeny and evolutionary history of pterosaurs, Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs, Geological Society of London, Special Publications 217, 139-190 |
| Andres B., Ji Q. (2008) A new pterosaur from the Liaoning Province of China, the phylogeny of the Pterodactyloidea, and convergence in their cervical vertebrae, Palaeontology 51 2, 453-469 doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00761.x |
| Andres B., Myers T. S. (2013) Lone Star Pterosaurs, Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 103, 383-398 |
| Andres B., Clark J., et al (2014) The earliest pterodactyloid and the origin of the group, Current Biology 24, 1-6 |
| Headden J. A., Campos H. B. N. (2014) An unusual edentulous pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation of Brazil, Historical Biology doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2014.904302 |
| Holgado B., Pegas R. V., et al (2019) On a new crested pterodactyloid from the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula and the radiation of the clade Anhangueria, Scientific Reports 9 4940 doi:10.1038/s41598-019-41280-4 |
| Pentland A. H., Poropat S. F., et al (2019) Ferrodraco lentoni gen. et sp. nov., a new ornithocheirid pterosaur from the Winton Formation (Cenomanian-lower Turonian) of Queensland, Australia, Scientific Reports 9 13454 doi:10.1038/s41598-019-49789-4 |
Ornithocheiroidea ✝
