After Unwin, 2003
Alternative phylogeny after Kellner, 2003
Alternative phylogeny after Wellnhofer, 1991
<==o †Pterodactyloidea (lyhythäntäiset siipisaurit; short-tailed pterosaurs) |-- †Ornithocheiroidea Seeley, 1901 sensu Unwin, 2003 (ornithocheirids, pteranodontids, and related pterosaurs) `--o †Lophocrania Unwin, 2003 |-- †Ctenochasmatoidea Nopsca, 1928 sensu Unwin, 2003 (ctenochasmatids and related pterosaurs) |-- †Dsungaripteroidea Young, 1964 sensu Unwin, 2003 (germanodactylids, dsungaripterid, and related pterosaurs) `-- †Azhdarchoidea Unwin, 1992 sensu Unwin, 2003 (tapejarids, azhdarchids and related pterosaurs)
Pterodactyloidea incertae sedis:
†Araripedactylus Wellnhofer, 1977
†Araripesaurus [are Ornithocheirids??]
†A. castilhoi
†A. dehmi
†Bennettazhia oregonensis (Gilmore, 1928) Nessov, 1991 ["Pteranodon" oregonensis Gilmore, 1928]
†Dermodactylus montanus Marsh, 1881 (nomen dubium)
†Haopterus gracilis Wang & Lü, 2001 [Pterodactylidae or Anhangueridae]
†Kepodactylus insperatus Harris & Carpenter, 1996 [a dsungaripteroid?]
†Mesadactylus ornithosphyos Jensen & Padian, 1989 [incl Palaeopteryx Jensen 1981 (nomen dubium)]
†Criorhynchus simus Owen, 1874 [Amblydectes Hooley, 1914; Coloborhynchus Owen, 1874] [Criorhynchidae]
Reference(s):
- Creisler, B. & Poling, J., 2002-: Pterosauria translation and pronunciation guide.
–iNet: www.dinosauria.com: http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/names/ptero.htm - Codorniú, L. & Chiappe, L. M., 2004: Early juvenile pterosaurs (Pterodactyloidea: Pterodaustro guinazui) from the Lower Cretaceous of central Argentina.
–Canadian Journal of Earth Sciencies: Vol. 41, #1, pp. 9-18 - Smith, D. K., Sanders, R. K. & Stadtman, K. L., 2004: New material of Mesadactylus ornithosphyos, a primitive pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Colorado.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 24, #4, pp. 850-856 - Unwin, D. M., 2003: On the phylogeny and evolutionary history of pterosaurs. 139-190.
in Buffetaut, E. & Mazin, J.-M., (eds.) 2003: Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs.
–Geological Society of London, Special Publications 217, London, 2003, 1-347 - Wellnhofer, P., 1991: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs.
–Salamander Books Ltd., London, 1991, 1-192