After Unwin, 2003
Alternative phylogeny after Kellner, 2003
Alternative phylogeny after Peters, 1997 [“The Pterosaur Homepage”]
Alternative phylogeny after Wellnhofer, 1991
<==o †Pterosauria Kaup, 1834 [Ornithosauria C. Bonaparte, 1838] [paraphyletic Rhamphorhynchoidea] (pterosaurs; siipisaurit, lentoliskot) |?- †Caviramus schesaplanensis Fröbisch & Fröbisch, 2006; U.Trias. CEu. |-- †Preondactylus buffarinii Wild, 1984 `--o †Macronychoptera Unwin, 2003 |--o †Dimorphodontidae | |-- †Peteinosaurus zambellii Wild, 1978 | `--o †Dimorphodon Owen, 1859 | |-- †D. macronyx (Buckland, 1829) | `-- †D. weintraubi Clark et al., 1998 `--o †Caelidracones Unwin, 2003 |--o †Anurognathidae Kuhn, 1937 | |-- †Anurognathus ammoni Döderlain, 1923 | |-- †Dendrorhynchoides curvidentatus (Ji S. & Ji Q., 1998) Ji S., Ji Q., & Padian, 1999 [Dendrorynchus curvidentatus Ji S. & Ji Q., 1998; non Dendrorynchus Keilin, 1920] L. Cret. EAs. | |?- †Jeholopterus ningchengensis Wang, Zhou, Zhang & Xu, 2002 | `-- †Batrachognathus volans Riabinin, 1948 `--o †Lonchognatha Unwin, 2003 |?- †Austriadactylus cristatus Dalla Vecchia, Wild, Hopf & Reitner, 2002; U.Trias. CEu. |?- †Raeticodactylus filisurensis Stecher, 2008 |-- †Campylognathoididae Kuhn, 1967 sensu Kellner, 2003, and Unwin, 2003 [Campylognathoidea Kuhn, 1967 sensu Wellhofer, 2003] `--o †Breviquartossa Unwin, 2003 |-- †Rhamphorhynchidae Seeley, 1870 `--o †Monofenestrata Lü, Unwin, Jin, Liu & Ji, 2009 |-- †Darwinopterus modularis Lü, Unwin, Jin, Liu & Ji, 2009; M.Jur. EAs. `-- †Pterodactyloidea Plieninger, 1901 sensu Unwin, 2003 (short-tailed pterosaurs; lyhytpyrstöiset siipisaurit)
Pterosauria incertae sedis and nomina dubia:
†Comodactylus ostromi Galton, 1981 (nomen dubium)
†Laopteryx priscus Marsh, 1881 (nomen dubium)
†Odontorhynchus aculeatus Stolley, 1936 [= em>Rhamphorhynchus]
†Rhamphinion jenkinsi Padian, 1984
†Herbstosaurus pigmaeus Casamiquela, 1974
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