IRMNG - Pterosauria †

IRMNG taxon details

Pterosauria †

IRMNG_ID

10873 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:10873)

Classification

Authority

Kaup, 1834

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Reptilia

Direct children (54)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

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Family Anhangueridae Campos & Kellner, 1985 †
Family Anurognathidae Nopcsa, 1928 †
Family Aurorazhdarchidae Vidovic & Martill, 2014 †
Genus Austriadactylus Dalla Vecchia, Wild, Hopf & Reitner, 2002 †
Family Austriadraconidae Kellner, 2015 †
Family Azhdarchidae Nessov, 1984 †
Family Azhdarchoidea incertae sedis †
Genus Beipiaopterus Lu, 2003 †
Family Boreopteridae Lü, Ji, Yuan & Ji, 2006 †
Family Campylognathoididae Kuhn, 1967 †
Family Cearadactylidae †
Family Chaoyangopteridae Lü, Unwin, Xu & Zhang, 2008 †
Family Cimoliopteridae Pêgas, Holgado & Leal, 2019 †
Family Criorhynchidae Hooley, 1914 †
Family Ctenochasmatidae Nopcsa, 1928 †
Family Ctenochasmatoidea incertae sedis †
Family Dimorphodontidae Seeley, 1870 †
Family Dsungaripteridae Young, 1964 †
Family Eudimorphodontidae †
Family Gallodactylidae Fabre, 1976 †
Family Germanodactylidae Young, 1964 †
Family Hamipteridae Holgado, Pêgas, Canudo, Fortuny, Rodrigues, Company & Kellner, 2019 †
Genus Harpactognathus Carpenter, Unwin, Cloward, Miles & Miles, 2003 †
Family Istiodactylidae Howse, Milner & Martill, 2001 †
Family Lonchodectidae Hooley, 1914 †
Genus Ludodactylus Frey, Martill & Buchy, 2003 †
Family Mimodactylidae Kellner et al., 2019 †
Family Monofenestrata incertae sedis †
Family Neoazhdarchia incertae sedis †
Family Nyctosauridae Williston, 1903 †
Family Ornithocheiridae Seeley, 1870 †
Family Ornithocheiroidea incertae sedis †
Family Ornithodesmidae Hooley, 1913 †
Family Pteraichnidae Lockley et al., 1995 †
Family Pteranodontia incertae sedis †
Family Pteranodontidae Marsh, 1876 †
Family Pteranodontoidea incertae sedis †
Family Pterodactylidae Bonaparte, 1838 †
Family Pterodactyloidea incertae sedis †
Family Pterodaustridae †
Family Pterosauria incertae sedis †
Family Raeticodactylidae Andres, Clark & Xu, 2014 †
Family Rhamphichnidae Mazin & Pouech, 2020 †
Family Rhamphorhynchidae Seeley, 1870 †
Family Scaphognathidae Hooley, 1913 †
Family Tapejaridae Kellner, 1989 †
Family Targaryendraconidae Pêgas, Holgado & Leal, 2019 †
Family Tendaguripteridae †
Family Wukongopteridae Wang, Kellner, Jiang & Meng, 2009 †
Family Azhdarchoidea (awaiting allocation) † (temporary name)
Family Pterosauria (awaiting allocation) † (temporary name)
Family Lonchodraconidae Rodrigues & Kellner, 2013 † accepted as Lonchodectidae Hooley, 1914 † (junior homonym)
Family Protazhdarchidae Frey, Meyer & Tischlinger, 2011 † accepted as Aurorazhdarchidae Vidovic & Martill, 2014 † (incorrectly formed (not based on a genus name))
Family Saraikisauridae Malkani, 2021 † (uncertain, existence of a print version dubious)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Pterosauria †. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10873 on 2025-05-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-05-31 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2024-04-12 06:24:21Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (2)

name verified source Pêgas, R. V.; Holgado, B.; Leal, M. E. C. (2019). On Targaryendraco wiedenrothi gen. nov. (Pterodactyloidea, Pteranodontoidea, Lanceodontia) and recognition of a new cosmopolitan lineage of Cretaceous toothed pterodactyloids. Historical Biology. 33(8): 1266-1280., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2019.1690482 [details]

current name source Pêgas, R. V.; Holgado, B.; Leal, M. E. C. (2019). On Targaryendraco wiedenrothi gen. nov. (Pterodactyloidea, Pteranodontoidea, Lanceodontia) and recognition of a new cosmopolitan lineage of Cretaceous toothed pterodactyloids. Historical Biology. 33(8): 1266-1280., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2019.1690482 [details]