Reptilia - Pterosauria - Istiodactylidae

Alternative combination: Ornithodesmus latidens

Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1901. Dragons of the air, an account of extinct flying reptiles, Meuthen, London, 239 pp

Belongs to Istiodactylus according to B. Andres and Q. Ji 2006

Sister taxon: Istiodactylus sinensis

Type specimen: BMNH R176, a partial skeleton (incomplete skull, axial skeleton, wings). Its type locality is Brook, Istiodactylus, which is in a Barremian/Aptian terrestrial horizon in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: volant piscivore