- Ctenochasmatidae
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Ctenochasmatids
Temporal range: Late Jurassic - Early CretaceousCast of a Gnathosaurus subulatus specimen Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: †Pterosauria Suborder: †Pterodactyloidea clade: †Euctenochasmatia Family: †Ctenochasmatidae
Nopsca, 1928Type species †Ctenochasma roemeri
Meyer, 1852Subgroups Ctenochasmatidae is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea.
Classification
Listing of subfamilies and genera after Unwin 2006 unless otherwise noted.
- Family Ctenochasmatidae
- Elanodactylus[1]
- Gegepterus[2]
- Subfamily Ctenochasmatinae
- Subfamily Gnathosaurinae
- Cearadactylus
- Gnathosaurus
- Huanhepterus
- Plataleorhynchus
- "Pterodactylus" longicollum
References
- ^ Andres, B., and Ji, Q. (2008). "A new pterosaur from the Liaoning Province of China, the phylogeny of the Pterodactyloidea, and convergence in their cervical vertebrae." Palaeontology, 51(2): 453-469.
- ^ Wang, X., Kellner, A.W.A., Zhou, Z., and Campos, D.A. (2007). "A new pterosaur (Ctenochasmatidae, Archaeopterodactyloidea) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China." Cretaceous Research, 28(2): 2245-260.
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