Invalid subtaxa: Dsungaripterus brancai Reck 1931 [nomen dubium], Pterodactylus arningi Reck 1931 [nomen dubium], Pterodactylus brancai Reck 1931 [nomen dubium], Pterodactylus maximus Reck 1931 [nomen dubium]
Parent taxon: Pterodactyloidea according to S. C. Bennett 2013
Sister taxa: Anhangueridae, Archaeopterodactyloidea, Ardeadactylus, Belonochasmatidae, Cearadactylidae, Dermodactylus, Dsungaripteroidea, Eupterodactyloidea, Haopterus, Herbstosaurus, Lophocratia, Mesadactylus, Ningchengopterus, Nyctosauridae, Ornithocheiroidea, Pteranodontoidea, Tendaguripteridae, Titanopterygiidae
Subtaxa: Pterodactylus antiquus, Pterodactylus brevirostris, Pterodactylus cirinensis, Pterodactylus crocodilocephaloides, Pterodactylus lavateri, Pterodactylus longirostris, Pterodactylus medius, Pterodactylus meyeri, Pterodactylus micronyx, Pterodactylus nettecephaloides
Ecology: volant piscivore