Ctenochasmatoidea
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| Ctenochasmatoids Fossil range: Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous |
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Ctenochasmatoidea is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea.
[edit] Classification
Listing of families and genera after Unwin 2006.
- Superfamily Ctenochasmatoidea
- Cycnorhamphus
- Feilongus
- Pterodactylus
- Family Ctenochasmatidae
- Elanodactylus[1]
- Gegepterus[2]
- Subfamily Ctenochasmatinae
- Subfamily Gnathosaurinae
- Cearadactylus
- Gnathosaurus
- Huanhepterus
- Plataleorhynchus
- "Pterodactylus" longicollum
[edit] Phylogeny
Cladogram after Unwin (2003).[3]
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[edit] References
- ^ Andres, B., and Ji, Q. (2008). "A new pterosaur from the Liaoning Province of China, the phylogeny of the Pterodactyloidea, and convergence in their cervical vertebrae." Palaeontology, 51(2): 453-469.
- ^ Wang, X., Kellner, A.W.A., Zhou, Z., and Campos, D.A. (2007). "A new pterosaur (Ctenochasmatidae, Archaeopterodactyloidea) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China." Cretaceous Research, 28(2): 2245-260.
- ^ 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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