Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

†Archaeopterodactyloidea – pterodactylids, and related pterosaurs

After Kellner, 2003, and Wang, Kellner, Zhou & de Almeida Campos, 2005

<==o †Archaeopterodactyloidea Kellner, 1996 sensu Kellner, 2003
   |?-o †Boreopteridae Lü et al., 2006
   |  |?- †Aetodactylus halli Myers, 2010
   |  |--o †Boreopterus cuiae Lü & Ji, 2005; L.Cret. EAs.
   |  |  |-- †B. cuiae Lü & Ji, 2005
   |  |  `-- †B. giganticus Jiang, Wang, Meng & Cheng, 2014
   |  |?- †Feilongus youngi Wang, Kellner, Zhou & de Almeida Campos, 2005
   |  |-- †Guidraco venator Wang, Kellner, Jiang & Cheng, 2012
   |  `-- †Zhenyuanopterus longirostris Lü, 2010
   |--+-- †Pterodactylidae
   |  `--o †Germanodactylidae
   |     |-- †Normannognathus wellnhoferi Buffetaut, J.-J. Lepage & G. Lepage, 1998
   |     `--o †Germanodactylus Young, 1964 [=? adult form of Pterodactylus sensu Bennett, 1996]
   |        |-- †G. cristatus
   |        `-- †G. rhamphastinus [Pterodactylus rhamphastinus]
   `--+-- †Gnathosaurus subulatus von Meyer, 1833 [Pterodactylus micronyx (juveline) (Bennett, 1996b)]
      `--+--o †Ctenochasmatidae Nopsca, 1928 [incl. Pterodaustridae]
         |  |?- †Elanodactylus prolatus Andres & Ji, 2008
         |  |?- †Gegepterus changi Wang, Kellner, Zhou & de Almeida Campos, 2006
         |  |--o †Ctenochasma von Meyer, 1852 [taxonomic history] L.Jur. CEu.
         |  |  |-- †C. sp. [L.Jur. CEu.] [Jouve, 2004]
         |  |  |-- †C. roemeri Meyer, 1852
         |  |  |-- †C. elegans (Wagner, 1861)
         |  |  `-- †C. gracile
         |  |--o †Pterodaustro Bonaparte, 1969
         |  |  |-- †P. guinazui
         |  |  `-- †P. sp.
         |  |-- †Huanhepterus quingyangensis Dong, 1982
         |  `-- †Plataleorhynchus streptophorodon Howse & Milner, 1995
         `--+-- †Feilongus youngi Wang, Kellner, Zhou & de Almeida Campos, 2005
            `--o †Gallodactylidae
               `--o †Cycnorhamphus Seeley, 1870 [Gallodactylus Fabre, 1976]
                  |-- †C. suevicus [Pterodactylus suevicus; Cycnorhamphus suevicus]
                  `-- †C. canjuersensis (Fabre, 1976) [Gallodactylus canjuersensis Fabre, 1976]

<==o †Archaeopterodactyloidea
   |-- †Gnathosaurus subulatus
   `--+--o †Boreopteridae Lü et al., 2006
      |  |-- †Zhenyuanopterus longirostris
      |  `--o †Boreopterus cuiae
      |     |-- †B. cuiae
      |     `-- †B. giganticus
      `--+--+-- Moganopterus zhuiana
         |  `--+-- †Feilongus youngi
         |     `--+-- †Gallodactylus canjuersensis
         |        `-- †Cycnorhamphus suevicus
         `--+--+-- Pterodactylus antiquus
            |  `-- Pterodactylus kochi
            `--+-- †Gegepterus changi
               |-- †Pterodaustro guinazui
               `-- †Ctenochasma gracile

Reference(s):

• 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: Vol. 51, #2, pp. 453-469 [doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00761.x]
• Bennett, S. C., 1996: Year-classes of pterosaurs from the Solnhofen Limestone of Germany: Taxonomic and systematic implications.
  –Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 16, #3, pp. 432-444
• Jiang, S.-X., Wang, X.-L., Meng, X. & Cheng, X., 2014: A new boreopterid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China, with a reassessment of the phylogenetic relationships of the Boreopteridae.
  –Journal of Paleontology: Vol. 88, #4, pp. 823-828 [doi: 10.1666/13-068]
• Jouve, S., 2004: Description ofthe skull of a Ctenochasma (Pterosauria) from the Late Jurassic of eastern France, with a taxonomic revision of European Tithonian Pterodactyloidea.
  –Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 24, #3, pp. 542-554
• Kellner, A. W. A., 2003: Pterosaur phylogeny and comments on the evolutionary history of the group. 105-137.
  in Buffetaut, E. & Mazin, J.-M., (eds.) 2003: Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs.
  –Geological Society of London, Special Publications 217, London, 2003, 1-347
• Wang, X.-l., Kellner, A. W. A., Zhou, Z. & de Almeida Campos, D., 2006: A new pterosaur (Ctenochamatidae, Archaeopterodactyloidea) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China.
  –Cretaceous Research: Article in Press, pp. 1-16 [doi: ]
• Wang, X.-l., Kellner, A. W. A., Zhou, Z. & de Almeida Campos, D., 2005: Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China.
  –Nature: Vol. 437, pp. 875-879
• Wellnhofer, P., 1991: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs.
  –Salamander Books Ltd., London, 1991, 1-192
• Zhou, C.-F., 2009: New material of Elanodactylus prolatus Andres & Ji, 2008 (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Laioning, China.
  –Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abh.: Fast Track Article, pp. 1-10 [doi: 10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0022]