List of pterosaur classifications

List of pterosaur classifications

This list of pterosaur classifications entails the various schemes used to classify pterosaurs throughout the years and varying views of these animals.

Classic

*Pterosauria
**Rhamphorhynchoidea
**Pterodactyloidea

Unwin (2003)

clade| style=font-size:73%;line-height:75%
label1= Pterosauria
1=clade |1 =" Preondactylus " |label2= Macronychoptera |2=clade |1= Dimorphodontidae |label2= Caelidracones |2=clade |1= Anurognathidae |label2=Lonchognatha |2=clade |1= Campylognathoididae |label2=Breviquartossa |2=clade |label1=Rhamphorhynchidae
1=clade
1=Rhamphorhynchinae
2=Scaphognathinae
|label2=Pterodactyloidea |2=clade |label1= Ornithocheiroidea |1=clade |1= Istiodactylidae |label2= Euornithocheira |2=clade |1= Ornithocheiridae |label2=Pteranodontidae
2=clade
1="Nyctosaurus"
2=Pteranodontinae
|label2= Lophocratia |2=clade |label1= Ctenochasmatoidea |1=clade
label1=
1=clade
1=?"Feilongus" |2= Gallodactylidae
|label2= Euctenochasmia |2=clade |1=" Pterodactylus " |2=" Lonchodectes " |label3=Ctenochasmatidae
3=clade
1=Gnathosaurinae
2=Ctenochasmatinae

label2=
2=clade
label1= Dsungaripteroidea |1=clade |1= Germanodactylidae |2= Dsungaripteridae |label2= Azhdarchoidea
2=clade
label1=
1=clade
1=?"Thalassodromeus"
2="Tupuxuara"

label2=Neoazhdarchia
2=clade |1= Tapejaridae |2= Azhdarchidae

Kellner (2003)

clade| style=font-size:75%;line-height:75%
label1=Pterosauria
1=clade |1=Anurognathidae
2=Asiaticognathidae |label3= |3=clade |1="Sordes" |label2= |2=clade |1= "Scaphognathus" |2= "Preondactylus" |3= ?"Odontorhynchus" |label4= |4=clade |1= "Dorygnathus" |label2= |2=clade
1="Dimorphodon" |label2=
2=clade
1="Peteinosaurus" |label2=Novialoidea |2=clade
1=Campylognathoididae |label2= |2=clade |1=Rhamphorhynchidae |label2= Pterodactyloidea |2=clade |label1=Archaeopterodactyloidea
1=clade
label1=
1=clade
1=Germanodactylidae
2=Pterodactylidae

label2=
2=clade
1="Gnathosaurus"
label2=
2=clade
1=Ctenochasmatidae
label2=
2=clade
1="Feilongus"
2=Gallodactylidae
|label2=Dsungaripteroidea
2=clade
1="Nyctosaurus"
label2=Ornithocheiroidea
2=clade
label1= Pteranodontoidea
1=clade
1=?"Eopteranodon"
2=?"Cearadactylus"
3=Pteranodontidae
label4=
4=clade
1=Istiodactylidae
label2=
2=clade
1=?Ornithocheiridae
2="Criorhynchus"
3=Anhangueridae

label2=Tapejaroidea
2=clade
1=Dsungaripteridae
label2=Azhdarchoidea
2=clade
1=Tapejaridae
2=Azhdarchidae

Wellnhofer (1991)

*Pterosauria
**?"Austriadactylus"
**"Eudimorphodon"
**+
***Dimorphodontidae
***+
****?"Rhamphinion"
****?"Herbstosaurus"
****?"Nesodactylus"
****Rhamphorhynchidae
*****+
******Dimorphodontidae
******Pterodactyloidea
*******?"Dermodactylus"
*******?"Mesadactylus"
*******?"Bennettazhia"
*******?"Istiodactylus"
*******?"Araripesaurus"
*******?Pterodaustridae
*******Pterodactylidae
*******Gallodactylidae
*******Germanodactylidae
*******Ctenochasmatidae
*******Dsungaripteridae
*******Ornithocheiridae
*******Tapejaridae
*******Anhangueridae
*******+
********?"Nyctosaurus"
********Pteranodontidae
*******Criorhynchidae
*******Azhdarchidae

Peters (1997)

*Pterosauria
**?"Austriadactylus"
**"Preondactylus"
**+
***Dimorphodontidae
****Anurognathinae
***Tipidactyla
****?"Rhamphinion"
****?"Herbstosaurus"
****?"Comodactylus"
****?"Rhamphocephalus"
****Rhamphorhynchidae
*****Rhamphorhynchinae
****+
*****Scaphognathidae
*****Protopterodactyloidea
******"Parapsicephalus"
******+
*******"Angustinaripterus"
*******Pterodactyloidea
********?"Dermodactylus"
********?"Mesadactylus"
********?"Bennettazhia"
********Euthygnatha
*********"Daitingopterus"
*********+
**********+
***********?Ornithodesmidae
***********+
************Ornithocheiridae
************Anhangueridae
**********+
***********"Pterodactylus"
***********+
************Ctenochasmatidae
************Tanydiroptera
*************"Huanhepterus"
*************"Doratorhynchus"
*************"Diopecephalus"
*************Azhdarchidae
********Scalmognatha
*********"Germanodactylus"
*********+
**********Pteranodontidae
**********+
***********"Nyctosaurus"
***********+
************Dsungaripteridae
************Tapejaridae

ee also

*List of pterosaurs
*Pterosaur

References

* [http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Archosauria/Pterosauria/Pterosauria_1.htm Pterosauria @ Mikko's Phylogeny Archive]

*Kellner, A. W. A., (2003): Pterosaur phylogeny and comments on the evolutionary history of the group. pp. 105-137. — "in" Buffetaut, E. & Mazin, J.-M., (eds.) (2003): "Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs". Geological Society of London, Special Publications 217, London, 1-347

*Peters, D., (1997-2000): The phylogeny of pterosaurs. — "in" [http://www.pterosaur.org The Pterosaur Homepage (no longer available)]

*Unwin, D. M., 2003: On the phylogeny and evolutionary history of pterosaurs. pp. 139-190. — "in" Buffetaut, E. & Mazin, J.-M., (eds.) (2003): "Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs". Geological Society of London, Special Publications 217, London, 1-347

*Wellnhofer, P., (1991): "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs". Salamander Books Ltd., London, pp. 192


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