(mainly) After Unwin, 2003
<==o †Ornithocheiroidea Seeley, 1901 sensu Unwin, 2003 [Pteranodontoidea Kellner, 1996] |?-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 |--o †Istiodactylidae Howse, Milner & Martill, 2001 [Ornithodesmidae Hooley, 1913] | |-- †Nurhachius ignaciobritoi Wang, Kellner, Zhou & de Almeida Campos, 2005 | `-- †Istiodactylus latidens (Seeley, 1901) Howse, Milner & Martill, 2001 [“Ornithodesmus” latidens Seeley, 1901] `--o †Euornithocheira Unwin, 2003 |--o †Ornithocheiridae Seeley, 1870 sensu Unwin, 2003 | |-- †Ornithocheiridae Seeley, 1870 | `-- †Anhangueridae Campos & Kellner, 1985 `--o †Pteranodontia Marsh, 1876 sensu Unwin, 2003 |?- †Alamodactylus byrdi Andres & Myers, 2012 `--o †Pteranodontidae Marsh, 1876 sensu Unwin, 2003 |--o †Nyctosauridae Marsh, 1876 | |-- †Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis Frey, Buchy, Stinnesbeck, González & di Stefano, 2006; U.Cret. SWNAm. | `--o †Nyctosaurus Marsh, 1876 [Nyctodactylus Marsh, 1881] [] | |-- †N. bonneri Miller, 1972 | |-- †N. lamegoi | `-- †N. gracilis `-- †Pteranodontidae Marsh, 1876
After Andres & Ji, 2008<==o †Ornithocheiroidea |-- †Haopterus |--+--o †Nyctosauridae | | |?- †Muzquizopteryx | | `-- †Nyctosaurus | `--o †Pteranodontoidea | |?-o †Caeradactylidae | | `-- †Caeradactylus | |--o †Pteranodontidae | | |?- ?†Bogolubovia | | |?- ?†Ornithosoma | | `-- †Pteranodon | `--+--o †Istiodactylidae | | |-- †Nurhachius | | `--+-- †Liaoxipterus | | `-- †Istiodactylus | `--+--o †Lonchodectidae | | `-- †Lonchodectes | |?-o †Ornithocheiridae | | |?- †Araripesaurus | | |?- †Brasileodactylus | | |?- †Ludodactylus | | |?- †Santadactylus | | `?- †Ornithocheirus | |?-o †Criorhynchidae | | `?- †Criorhynchus | `--o †Anhangueridae | |?- †Arthurdactylus | |-- †Siroccopteryx | |-- †“Coloborhynchus” | |-- †Tropeognathus | `--+-- †Liaoningopterus | `-- †Anhanguera `--+--+--+-- †Chaoyangopterus | | `--+-- †Jidapterus | | `-- †Eoazhdarcho | `--o †Azhdarchidae | |?- †Arambourgiania | |?- †Doratorhynchus | |?- †Hatzegopteryx | |?- †Montanazhdarcho | |?- †Phosphatodraco | |-- †Baconydrago | `--+-- †Azhdarcho | |-- †Quetzalcoatlus | `-- †Zhejiangopterus `--+--o †Dsungaripteridae | |?- †Domeykodactylus | |?- †Lonchognathosaurus | |?- †Puntanipterus | |?- †Tendaguripterus | |-- †Noripterus | |-- †“Phobetor” | `-- †Dsungaripterus `--o †Tapejaridae |--+-- †Thalassodromeus | `-- †Tupuxuara `--+-- †Tapejara `--+-- †Huaxiapterus `--+-- †Eopteranodon `-- †Sinopterus Reference(s):
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After Unwin, 2003<==o †Ornithocheiroidea |?- †Boreopterus |--o †Istiodactylidae | |?- †Nurhachius | `-- †Istiodactylus `--o †Euornithocheira |--o †Ornithocheiridae | |--o †Ornithocheiridae | | |-- †Araripesaurus | | |-- †Brasileodactylus | | |?- †Ludodactylus | | |-- †Santadactylus | | `-- †Ornithocheirus | `--o †Anhangueridae | |?- †Arthurdactylus | |?- †Siroccopteryx | |-- †“Coloborhynchus” | |-- †Tropeognathus | `-- †Anhanguera `--o †Pteranodontia `--o †Pteranodontidae |--o †Nyctosauridae | |?- †Muzquizopteryx | `-- †Nyctosaurus `--o †Pteranodontidae |-- †Bogolubovia |-- †Ornithosoma `-- †Pteranodon Reference(s):
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After Kellner, 2003<==o †Pteranodontoidea ?- †Eopteranodon |?-o †Caeradactylidae | `-- †Caeradactylus |--o †Pteranodontidae | |-- †Bogolubovia | |-- †Ornithosoma | `-- †Pteranodon `--+--o †Istiodactylidae | |-- †Nurhachius | `-- †Istiodactylus `--+?-o †Ornithocheiridae | |-- †Araripesaurus | |-- †Brasileodactylus | |-- †Ludodactylus | |-- †Santadactylus | `-- †Ornithocheirus |--o †Criorhynchidae | `-- †Criorhynchus `--o †Anhangueridae |-- †Arthurdactylus |-- †Siroccopteryx |-- †“Coloborhynchus” |-- †Tropeognathus `-- †Anhanguera |
After Wellhofer, 1991
<==o †Ornithocheiridae
|-- †Araripesaurus
|-- †Brasileodactylus
|?- †Ludodactylus
|-- †Santadactylus
`-- †Ornithocheirus
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