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Pterodactyloidea
Taxonomy
Pterodactyloidea was named by Plieninger (1901). It was considered monophyletic by Unwin (2003) and Pereda-Suberbiola et al. (2012) and Martill et al. (2013).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Pterodactyloidea by Unwin (2003), Osi et al. (2005) and Naish et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Breviquartossa by Unwin (2003); to Caelidracones by Andres et al. (2010); to Pterosauria by Delair (1958), Young (1964), Carroll (1988), Sereno (1991), Kellner and Campos (2002), Chure et al. (2006), Wang and Zhou (2006), Andres and Ji (2006) and Pereda-Suberbiola et al. (2012); to Monofenestrata by Martill et al. (2013); and to Pterosauria by Osi et al. (2005) and Naish et al. (2013).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Pterodactyloidea by Unwin (2003), Osi et al. (2005) and Naish et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Breviquartossa by Unwin (2003); to Caelidracones by Andres et al. (2010); to Pterosauria by Delair (1958), Young (1964), Carroll (1988), Sereno (1991), Kellner and Campos (2002), Chure et al. (2006), Wang and Zhou (2006), Andres and Ji (2006) and Pereda-Suberbiola et al. (2012); to Monofenestrata by Martill et al. (2013); and to Pterosauria by Osi et al. (2005) and Naish et al. (2013).
Subtaxa
Anhangueria, Archaeopterodactyloidea, Ardeadactylus, Belonochasmatidae, Cearadactylidae, Dermodactylus, Dsungaripteroidea, Eupterodactyloidea, Haopterus, Herbstosaurus, Lonchodraconidae, Lophocratia, Mesadactylus, Ningchengopterus, Nyctosauridae, Ornithocheiridae (syn. Criorhynchidae), Ornithocheiroidea, Osteornis diomedeus, Pteranodontoidea, Pterodactylus (syn. Pterodactylus maximus, Pterodactylus brancai, Pterodactylus arningi), Tendaguripteridae, Titanopterygiidae
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Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1824 | Pterodactylus grandis Cuvier |
| 1851 | Pterodactylus compressirostris Owen |
| 1859 | Pterodactylus longipes Münster |
| 1859 | Pterodactylus fittoni Owen |
| 1860 | Pterodactylus grandipelvis Meyer |
| 1861 | Pterodactylus woodwardi Owen p. 4 |
| 1861 | Pterodactylus compressirostris Owen p. 274 |
| 1861 | Pterodactylus fittoni Owen p. 274 |
| 1861 | Pterodactylus grandis Owen p. 274 |
| 1865 | Pterodactylus carteri Seeley |
| 1869 | Ornithocheirus carteri Seeley |
| 1869 | Ptenodactylus fittoni Seeley |
| 1869 | Ptenodactylus woodwardi Seeley |
| 1870 | Pterodactylus validus Owen |
| 1870 | Ornithocheirus fittoni Seeley |
| 1870 | Ornithocheirus tenuirostris Seeley |
| 1870 | Ornithocheirus woodwardi Seeley |
| 1870 | Pterodactylus carteri Seeley |
| 1870 | Ornithocheirus oxyrhinus Seeley p. 117 |
| 1870 | Ornithocheirus xyphorhynchus Seeley p. 117 |
| 1870 | Ornithocheirus dentatus Seeley p. 119 |
| 1870 | Ornithocheirus scaphorhynchus Seeley p. 119 |
| 1870 | Ornithocheirus nasutus Seeley p. 120 |
| 1870 | Ornithocheirus polyodon Seeley p. 121 |
| 1870 | Ornithocheirus crassidens Seeley p. 122 |
| 1870 | Ornithocheirus brachyrhinus Seeley p. 123 |
| 1870 | Ornithocheirus enchorhynchus Seeley p. 123 |
| 1870 | Ornithocheirus eurygnathus Seeley p. 123 |
| 1874 | Pterodactylus sagittirostris Owen p. 3 figs. Pl. II, figs 1-8 |
| 1875 | Doratorhynchus validus Seeley |
| 1878 | Pterodactylus montanus Marsh p. 233 |
| 1878 | Pterodactylus montanus Williston p. 44 |
| 1881 | Dermodactylus montanus Marsh p. 342 |
| 1881 | Ornithocheirus bunzeli Seeley p. 701 |
| 1901 | Pterodactyloidea Plieninger |
| 1958 | Pterodactyloidea Delair p. 69 |
| 1958 | Doratorhynchus validus Delair p. 71 |
| 1964 | Pterodactyloidea Young p. 251 |
| 1971 | Araripesaurus castilhoi Price p. 454 |
| 1977 | Araripedactylus Wellnhofer |
| 1977 | Araripedactylus dehmi Wellnhofer p. 160 |
| 1981 | Dermodactylus montanus Galton p. 1120 |
| 1985 | Santanadactylus pricei Wellnhofer p. 132 figs. 19-24 |
| 1988 | Araripedactylus Carroll |
| 1988 | Pterodactyloidea Carroll |
| 1991 | Pterodactyloidea Sereno p. 19 |
| 2001 | Anhanguera fittoni Unwin |
| 2001 | Lonchodectes compressirostris Unwin |
| 2001 | Lonchodectes sagittirostris Unwin pp. 209-210 |
| 2002 | Pterodactyloidea Kellner and Campos p. 389 |
| 2003 | Anhanguera fittoni Unwin p. 145 |
| 2003 | Lonchodectes compressirostris Unwin p. 145 |
| 2003 | Lonchodectes sagittirostris Unwin p. 145 |
| 2003 | Pterodactyloidea Unwin p. 158 |
| 2005 | Pterodactyloidea Osi et al. |
| 2006 | Pterodactyloidea Andres and Ji p. 70 |
| 2006 | Dermodactylus montanus Chure et al. p. 236 |
| 2006 | Pterodactyloidea Chure et al. p. 236 |
| 2006 | Pterodactyloidea Wang and Zhou p. 406 |
| 2010 | Pterodactyloidea Andres et al. fig. 7 |
| 2012 | Pterodactyloidea Pereda-Suberbiola et al. |
| 2013 | Pterodactyloidea Martill et al. |
| 2013 | Pterodactyloidea Naish et al. |
| 2013 | Osteornis Rodrigues and Kellner |
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