Invalid subtaxa: Araripedactylus Wellnhofer 1977 [nomen dubium], Araripedactylus dehmi Wellnhofer 1977 [nomen dubium], Araripesaurus castilhoi Price 1971 [nomen dubium], Ornithocheirus bunzeli Seeley 1881 [nomen dubium], Pterodactylus grandipelvis Meyer 1860 [nomen dubium], Pterodactylus grandis Cuvier 1824 [nomen dubium], Santanadactylus pricei Wellnhofer 1985 [nomen dubium]
Parent taxon: Pterosauria according to D. Naish et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Antipus, Campylognathoididae, Caviramus, Faxinalipterus, Laopteryx, Lonchognatha, Ornithocephalidae, Palaeocursornis, Preondactylus, Pteraichnidae, Raeticodactylus, Rhamphorhynchoidea, Sharivopterygia, Wukongopteridae
Subtaxa: Anhangueridae, Archaeopterodactyloidea, Ardeadactylus, Belonochasmatidae, Cearadactylidae, Dermodactylus, Dsungaripteroidea, Eupterodactyloidea, Haopterus, Herbstosaurus, Lophocratia, Mesadactylus, Ningchengopterus, Nyctosauridae, Ornithocheiroidea, Pteranodontoidea, Pterodactylus, Tendaguripteridae, Titanopterygiidae