Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

PanicMain Groups of Non-Avian Archosaurs

  Pterodactyloidea - Short-Tailed pterosaurs, Pterodactyls  

 

After Wellhofer, 1991

<==o †Pterodactyloidea
   |?- †Dermodactylus montanus
   |?- †Mesadactylus ornithosphyos
   |?- †Bennettazhia oregonensis ["Pteranodon" oregonensis]
   |?- †Istiodactylus latidens (Seeley, 1901) Howsw, Milner & Martill, 2001 ["Ornithodesmus" latidens Seeley, 1901] [Ornithodesmidae; Istiodactylidae]
   |?-o †Araripesaurus
   |  |-- †A. castilhoi
   |  `-- †A. dehmi
   |?-o †Pterodaustridae
   |  `--o †Pterodaustro
   |     |-- †P. guinazui
   |     `-- †P. sp.
   |-- †Pterodactylidae
   |--o †Gallodactylidae
   |  `--o †Cycnorhamphus [Gallodactylus??]
   |     |-- †G. suevicus
   |     `-- †G. canjuersensis
   |--o †Germanodactylidae
   |  `--o †Germanodactylus [Pterodactylus??]
   |     |-- †G. cristatus	
   |     `-- †G. rhamphastinus
   |--o †Ctenochasmatidae
   |  |-- †Gnathosaurus subulatus
   |  |-- †Huanhepterus quingyangensis
   |  `--o †Ctenochasma
   |     |-- †C. roemeri
   |     |-- †C. gracile
   |     |-- †C. porocristata
   |     `-- †C. elegans
   |-- †Dsungaripteridae
   |-- †Ornithocheiridae
   |-- †Tapejaridae
   |--o †Anhangueridae
   |  `--o †Anhanguera
   |     |-- †A. blittersdorffi
   |     `-- †A. santanae
   |--+?-o †Nyctosaurus [Nyctosauridae]
   |  |  |-- †N. lamegoi
   |  |  `-- †N. gracilis
   |  `-- †Pteranodontidae
   |--o †Criorhynchidae 
   |  |-- †Criorhynchus simus 
   |  |?- †Arthurdactylus conan-doylensis
   |  |--o †"Coloborhynchus"
   |  |  |-- †"C." clavirostris
   |  |  `-- †"C." wadleighi
   |  `--o †Tropeognathus
   |     |-- †T. mesembrinus
   |     `-- †T. robustus
   `-- †Azhdarchidae

Reference(s):

Wellnhofer, P., 1991: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs.
–Salamander Books Ltd., London, 1991, pp. 1-192

 

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