- Ctenochasmatoidea
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Ctenochasmatoids
Temporal range: Late Jurassic - Early CretaceousFossil specimen of Ctenochasma elegans Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: †Pterosauria Suborder: †Pterodactyloidea clade: †Lophocratia Superfamily: †Ctenochasmatoidea
Nopsca, 1928Type species †Ctenochasma roemeri
Meyer, 1852Subgroups Synonyms Pterodactyloidea Meyer, 1830
Ctenochasmatoidea is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea.
Classification
Cladogram after Unwin (2003).[1]
Ctenochasmatoidea Gallodactylidae
Euctenochasmatia Ctenochasmatidae Gnathosaurinae
Ctenochasmatinae
References
- ^ 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.
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