†Pterosauria

After Peters, 1997 [“The Pterosaur Homepage”]

<==o †Pterosauria sensu Peters, 1997 [“The Pterosaur Homepage”]
   |?- †Austriadactylus cristatus Dalla Vecchia, Wild, Hopf & Reitner, 2002
   |-- †Preondactylus buffarinii
   `--+--o †Dimorphodontidae
      |  |-- †Peteinosaurus zambellii
      |  `--+--o †Dimorphodon
      |     |  |-- †D. macronyx (Buckland, 1829)
      |     |  `-- †D. weintraubi Clark et. al., 1998
      |     `--+-- †Nasodactylus hesperius
      |        `--o †Anurognathinae Kuhn, 1937 [Anurognathidae Kuhn, 1937]
      |           |-- †Anurognathus ammoni
      |           |-- †Dendrorhynchoides curvidentatus Ji, Shu'an & Ji, 1998
      |           `-- †Batrachognathus volans Ryabinin, 1948
      `--o Tipidactyla Peters, 1997
         |?- †Rhamphinion jenkinsi
         |?- †Herbstosaurus pigmaeus
         |?- †Comodactylus ostromi
         |?-o †Rhamphocephalus
         |  |-- †R. bucklandi
         |  |-- †R. depressirostris
         |  `-- †R. prestwichi
         |--o †Rhamphorhynchidae [Campylognathoididae]
         |  |--o †Eudimorphodon
         |  |  |-- †E. rosenfeldi
         |  |  `-- †E. ranzii
         |  `--+--o †Campylognathoides
         |     |  |-- †C. liasicus
         |     |  |-- †C. zitteli
         |     |  `-- †C. indicus
         |     `--o †Rhamphorhynchinae
         |        |--o †Rhamphorhynchus
         |        |  |-- †R. muensteri
         |        |  `?- †R. tendagurensis
         |        `--o †Dorygnathus
         |           |-- †D. banthensis
         |           `-- †D. mistelgauensis
         `--+--o †Scaphognathidae
            |  |?- †Odontorynchus aculeatus
            |  |-- †Sordes pilosus Sharov, 1971
            |  `-- †Scaphognathus crassirostris
            `--o †Protopterodactyloidea Peters, 1997
               `--+-- †Parapsicephalus purdoni
                  `--+-- †Angustinaripterus longicephalus
                     `--o †Pterodactyloidea Plieninger, 1901 sensu Peters, 1997 (short-tailed pterosaurs; lyhytpyrstöiset siipisaurit)
                        |?- †Dermodactylus montanus
                        |?- †Mesadactylus ornithosphyos
                        |?- †Bennettazhia oregonensis
                        |-- †Euthygnatha Peters, 1997 (“suoraleukaiset”)
                        `-- †Scalmognatha Peters, 1997 (“miekkaleukaiset”)

Reference(s):

Clark, J. M., Hopson, J. A., Hernández, R., Fastovsky, D. E. & Montellano, M., 1998: Foot posture in a primitive pterosaur.
–Nature: Vol. 391, 26 February, pp. 886-889
Dalla Vecchia, F. M., Wild, R., Hopf, H. & Reitner, J., 2002: A crested rhamphorhynchoid pterosaur from the Late Triassic of Austria. –Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 22, #1, pp. 196-199
Peters, D., 1997-2000: The origin of pterosaurs.
–iNet: The Pterosaur homepage: [no longer awailable]
Peters, D., 1997-2000: The phylogeny of pterosaurs.
–iNet: The Pterosaur homepage: [no longer awailable]
Wellnhofer, P., 1991: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs.
--Salamander Books Ltd., London, 1991, pp. 192

Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

†Pterosauria – pterosaurs

After Peters, 1997 [“The Pterosaur Homepage”]

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