List of pterosaur classifications

This list of pterosaur classifications entails the various schemes used to classify pterosaurs throughout the years and varying views of these animals.

Classic

*Pterosauria
**Rhamphorhynchoidea
**Pterodactyloidea

Unwin (2003)

clade| style=font-size:73%;line-height:75%
label1= Pterosauria
1=clade |1 =" Preondactylus " |label2= Macronychoptera |2=clade |1= Dimorphodontidae |label2= Caelidracones |2=clade |1= Anurognathidae |label2=Lonchognatha |2=clade |1= Campylognathoididae |label2=Breviquartossa |2=clade |label1=Rhamphorhynchidae
1=clade
1=Rhamphorhynchinae
2=Scaphognathinae |label2=Pterodactyloidea |2=clade |label1= Ornithocheiroidea |1=clade |1= Istiodactylidae |label2= Euornithocheira |2=clade |1= Ornithocheiridae |label2=Pteranodontidae
2=clade
1="Nyctosaurus"
2=Pteranodontinae |label2= Lophocratia |2=clade |label1= Ctenochasmatoidea |1=clade
label1=
1=clade
1=?"Feilongus" |2= Gallodactylidae |label2= Euctenochasmia |2=clade |1=" Pterodactylus " |2=" Lonchodectes " |label3=Ctenochasmatidae
3=clade
1=Gnathosaurinae
2=Ctenochasmatinae
label2=
2=clade
label1= Dsungaripteroidea |1=clade |1= Germanodactylidae |2= Dsungaripteridae |label2= Azhdarchoidea
2=clade
label1=
1=clade
1=?"Thalassodromeus"
2="Tupuxuara"
label2=Neoazhdarchia
2=clade |1= Tapejaridae |2= Azhdarchidae

Kellner (2003)

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label1=Pterosauria
1=clade |1=Anurognathidae
2=Asiaticognathidae |label3= |3=clade |1="Sordes" |label2= |2=clade |1= "Scaphognathus" |2= "Preondactylus" |3= ?"Odontorhynchus" |label4= |4=clade |1= "Dorygnathus" |label2= |2=clade
1="Dimorphodon" |label2=
2=clade
1="Peteinosaurus" |label2=Novialoidea |2=clade
1=Campylognathoididae |label2= |2=clade |1=Rhamphorhynchidae |label2= Pterodactyloidea |2=clade |label1=Archaeopterodactyloidea
1=clade
label1=
1=clade
1=Germanodactylidae
2=Pterodactylidae
label2=
2=clade
1="Gnathosaurus"
label2=
2=clade
1=Ctenochasmatidae
label2=
2=clade
1="Feilongus"
2=Gallodactylidae |label2=Dsungaripteroidea
2=clade
1="Nyctosaurus"
label2=Ornithocheiroidea
2=clade
label1= Pteranodontoidea
1=clade
1=?"Eopteranodon"
2=?"Cearadactylus"
3=Pteranodontidae
label4=
4=clade
1=Istiodactylidae
label2=
2=clade
1=?Ornithocheiridae
2="Criorhynchus"
3=Anhangueridae
label2=Tapejaroidea
2=clade
1=Dsungaripteridae
label2=Azhdarchoidea
2=clade
1=Tapejaridae
2=Azhdarchidae

Wellnhofer (1991)

*Pterosauria
**?"Austriadactylus"
**"Eudimorphodon"
**+
***Dimorphodontidae
***+
****?"Rhamphinion"
****?"Herbstosaurus"
****?"Nesodactylus"
****Rhamphorhynchidae
*****+
******Dimorphodontidae
******Pterodactyloidea
*******?"Dermodactylus"
*******?"Mesadactylus"
*******?"Bennettazhia"
*******?"Istiodactylus"
*******?"Araripesaurus"
*******?Pterodaustridae
*******Pterodactylidae
*******Gallodactylidae
*******Germanodactylidae
*******Ctenochasmatidae
*******Dsungaripteridae
*******Ornithocheiridae
*******Tapejaridae
*******Anhangueridae
*******+
********?"Nyctosaurus"
********Pteranodontidae
*******Criorhynchidae
*******Azhdarchidae

Peters (1997)

*Pterosauria
**?"Austriadactylus"
**"Preondactylus"
**+
***Dimorphodontidae
****Anurognathinae
***Tipidactyla
****?"Rhamphinion"
****?"Herbstosaurus"
****?"Comodactylus"
****?"Rhamphocephalus"
****Rhamphorhynchidae
*****Rhamphorhynchinae
****+
*****Scaphognathidae
*****Protopterodactyloidea
******"Parapsicephalus"
******+
*******"Angustinaripterus"
*******Pterodactyloidea
********?"Dermodactylus"
********?"Mesadactylus"
********?"Bennettazhia"
********Euthygnatha
*********"Daitingopterus"
*********+
**********+
***********?Ornithodesmidae
***********+
************Ornithocheiridae
************Anhangueridae
**********+
***********"Pterodactylus"
***********+
************Ctenochasmatidae
************Tanydiroptera
*************"Huanhepterus"
*************"Doratorhynchus"
*************"Diopecephalus"
*************Azhdarchidae
********Scalmognatha
*********"Germanodactylus"
*********+
**********Pteranodontidae
**********+
***********"Nyctosaurus"
***********+
************Dsungaripteridae
************Tapejaridae

ee also

*List of pterosaurs
*Pterosaur

References

* [http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Archosauria/Pterosauria/Pterosauria_1.htm Pterosauria @ Mikko's Phylogeny Archive]

*Kellner, A. W. A., (2003): Pterosaur phylogeny and comments on the evolutionary history of the group. pp. 105-137. — "in" Buffetaut, E. & Mazin, J.-M., (eds.) (2003): "Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs". Geological Society of London, Special Publications 217, London, 1-347

*Peters, D., (1997-2000): The phylogeny of pterosaurs. — "in" [http://www.pterosaur.org The Pterosaur Homepage (no longer available)]

*Unwin, D. M., 2003: On the phylogeny and evolutionary history of pterosaurs. pp. 139-190. — "in" Buffetaut, E. & Mazin, J.-M., (eds.) (2003): "Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs". Geological Society of London, Special Publications 217, London, 1-347

*Wellnhofer, P., (1991): "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs". Salamander Books Ltd., London, pp. 192