- Ornithocheiridae
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Ornithocheirids Restoration of Ornithocheirus mesembrinus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: †Pterosauria Suborder: †Pterodactyloidea clade: †Euornithocheira Family: †Ornithocheiridae
Seeley, 1870Type species Pterodactylus simus
Owen, 1861Genera See text.
Synonyms Anhangueridae
Campos & Kellner, 1985Ornithocheiridae 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.
- Family Ornithocheiridae
- ?Aetodactylus[1]
- Anhanguera
- Arthurdactylus
- Barbosania
- Brasileodactylus
- Caulkicephalus
- ?Cearadactylus
- Coloborhynchus
- Haopterus
- Liaoningopterus
- Liaoxipterus
- Ludodactylus
- Ornithocheirus (type)
- ?Siroccopteryx[2]
- ?Uktenadactylus[2]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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