Ornithocheiridae

Ornithocheiridae

Holozoa

Ornithocheirids
Restoration of Ornithocheirus mesembrinus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
clade: Euornithocheira
Family: Ornithocheiridae
Seeley, 1870
Type species
Pterodactylus simus
Owen, 1861
Genera

See text.

Synonyms

Anhangueridae
Campos & Kellner, 1985

Ornithocheiridae is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. They were among the last pterosaurs to possess teeth.

Classification

Listing of genera after Unwin (2006), except where noted.

References

  1. ^ Myers, Timothy S. (2010). "A new ornithocheirid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) Eagle Ford Group of Texas" (pdf). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (1): 280–287. doi:10.1080/02724630903413099. http://pdfserve.informaworld.com/929241__918962831.pdf. 
  2. ^ a b Rodrigues, T. and Kellner, A.W.A. (2008). "Review of the pterodactyloid pterosaur Colobrohynchus." Pp. 219–228 in: Hone, D.W.E. and Buffetaut, E. (eds), Flugsaurier: pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer. Zitteliana B, 28.