Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

†Dsungaripteroidea – dsungaripterids, and related pterosaurs

After Unwin, 2003, and Maisch, Matzke & Sun, 2004

<==o †Dsungaripteroidea Young, 1964 sensu Unwin, 2003
   |?- †Herbstosaurus pigmaeus Casamiquela, 1974
   |?- †Kepodactylus insperatus Harris & Carpenter, 1996
   |?- †Puntanipterus gloposus Bonaparte & Sanchez, 1974; L. Cret. SA.
   |?- †“Santanadactylus” spixi Bennett, 1989
   `==o †Germanodactylidae Young, 1964
      |?- †Noripterus complicidens Young, 1973
      |?- †Tendaguripterus recki Unwin & Heinrich, 1999; U. Jur. EAf.
      |-- †Normannognathus wellnhoferi Buffetaut, J.-J. Lepage & G. Lepage, 1998
      `==o †Germanodactylus Young, 1964 [=? adult form of Pterodactylus sensu Bennett, 1996]
         |-- †G. rhamphastinus [Pterodactylus rhamphastinus]
         `--+-- †G. cristatus
            `--o †Dsungaripteridae Young, 1964
               |-- †Domeykodactylus ceciliae Martill, Frey, Chong Diaz & Bell, 2000; L. Cret. SA.
               `--+-- †“Phobetor” parvus Bakhurina, 1982 [non Phobetor Krøyer, 1844 (a fish); Dsungaripterus parvus Bakhurina, 1982]
                  `--+-- †Lonchognathosaurus acutirostris Maisch, Matzke & Sun, 2004
                     `--o †Dsungaripterus Young, 1964
                        |-- †D. weii Young, 1964
                        `-- †D. brancai

Dsungaripteroidea incertae sedis:

    †Samrukia nessovi Naish, Dyke, Cau, Escuillié & Godefroit, 2012 [tentative placement]

<==o †Dsungaripteroidea
   |--o †Nyctosauridae
   |  |-- †Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis
   |  `-- †Nyctosaurus
   `--o †Ornithocheiroidea
      |-- †Nemicolopterus
      `--+--o †Pteranodontoidea
         |  |?- †Caeradactylus atrox
         |  |-- †Pteranodontidae
         |  `--+--o †Istiodactylidae
         |     |  |-- †Nurhachius ignaciobritoi
         |     |  `-- †Istiodactylus
         |     `--+?- †Ornithocheiridae
         |        |-- †Criorhynchus
         |        `-- †Anhangueridae
         `--o †Tapejaroidea
            |-- †Dsungaripteridae
            `--o †Azhdarchoidea
               |?-o †Chaoyangopteridae
               |  |-- †Chaoyangopterus
               |  |-- †Eoazhdarcho
               |  |-- †Jidapterus
               |  `-- †Shenzhoupterus
               |-- †Tapejaridae
               `-- †Azhdarchidae

Reference(s):

• Andres, B. & Ji, Q., 2006: A new species of Istiodactylus (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Liaoning, China.
  –Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 26, #1, pp. 70-78
• Buffetaut, E., 2011: Samrukia nessovi, from the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan: A large pterosaur, not a giant bird.
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• Frey, E., Buchy, M.-C., Stinnesbeck, W., González, A. G. & di Stefano, A., 2006: Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis n.g., n.sp., a nyctosaurid pterosaur with soft tissue preservstion from the Coniacian (Late Cretaceous) of northeast Mexico (Coahuila).
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• Lü, J., Unwin, D., Xu, L. & Zhang, X., 2008: A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China and its implications for pterosaur phylogeny and evolution.
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• Maisch, M. W., Matzke, A. T. & Sun, G., 2004: A new dsungaripteroid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of the southern Junggar Basin, north-west China.
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• Wang, X.-l., Kellner, A. W. A., Zhou, Z. & Campos, D. d. A., 2005: Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China.
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• Wang, X.-l., Kellner, A. W. A., Zhou, Z. & Campos, D. d. A., 2008: Discovery of a rare arboreal forest-dweling flying reptile (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from China.
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• Wellnhofer, P., 1991: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs.
  –Salamander Books Ltd., London, 1991, 192