| Azhdarchoids Temporal range: Late Jurassic-Late Cretaceous, 148.5–65.5 Ma |
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| 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 |
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Azhdarchoidea is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea.
Listing of families and genera after Unwin 2006 except where specified.
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]
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