Azhdarchoidea

Opisthokonta

Azhdarchoids Temporal range: Late Jurassic-Late Cretaceous, 148.5–65.5 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Reconstructed skeleton of Quetzalcoatlus northropi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
clade:	†Lophocratia
Superfamily:	†Azhdarchoidea Nesov, 1984
Type species
†Azhdarcho lancicollis Nesov, 1984
Subgroups
†Lonchodectidae †Neoazhdarchia †Tapejaridae

Azhdarchoidea is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea.

Classification

Listing of families and genera after Unwin 2006 except where specified.

• Superfamily Azhdarchoidea
  • Genus "Aurorazhdarcho"^[1]
  • Family Chaoyangopteridae^[2]
  • Family Lonchodectidae
  • Family Tapejaridae
  • Family Thalassodromidae^[3]
  • Family Azhdarchidae
  • Possible valid azhdarchoid genera
    • Bennettazhia
    • Bogolubovia
    • Doratorhynchus
    • "Ornithocheirus" bunzeli

Phylogeny

There are currently two primary but competing views of azhdarchoid relationships. The first, presented by Felipe Pinheiro and colleagues in 2011, considers the tapejarids to be a monophyletic clade including the thalassodromines and chaoyangopterines.^[4] The second, found by Lu et al. 2008 as well as Naish & Martill 2006, considers the tapejarids to be a paraphyletic grade of primitive azhdarchoids. All azhdarchoids closer to Azhdarcho than to Tapejara are included in the clade Neoazhdarchia ("new azhdarchids").^[2]

Azhdarchoidea	Azhdarchidae Tapejaridae Thalassodrominae Chaoyangopterinae Tapejarinae

Azhdarchoidea	Tapejaridae Neoazhdarchia Thalassodromidae Chaoyangopteridae Azhdarchidae

References

1. ^ Frey, E., Meyer, C.A. and Tischlinger, H. (2011). "The oldest azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone (Early Tithonian) of Southern Germany." Swiss Journal of Geosciences, (advance online publication) doi:10.1007/s00015-011-0073-1
2. ^ ^{a b} Lü, J., Unwin, D.M., Xu, L., and Zhang, X. (2008). "A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China and its implications for pterosaur phylogeny and evolution." Naturwissenschaften, 95(9): 891-897. doi:10.1007/s00114-008-0397-5 PMID 18509616
3. ^ Kellner, A.W.A.; and Campos, D.A. (2007). "Short note on the ingroup relationships of the Tapejaridae (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea". Boletim do Museu Nacional 75: 1–14. 
4. ^ Pinheiro, F.L., Fortier, D.C., Schultz, C.L., De Andrade, J.A.F.G. and Bantim, R.A.M. (in press). "New information on Tupandactylus imperator, with comments on the relationships of Tapejaridae (Pterosauria)." Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, in press, available online 03 Jan 2011. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0057

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