Campylognathoididae

Eukaryota

Campylognathoidids
Temporal range: Late Triassic-Early Jurassic, 210–180 Ma
Fossil specimen of Campylognathoides liasicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Pterosauria
clade: Lonchognatha
Superfamily: Campylognathoidea
Kuhn, 1967
Family: Campylognathoididae
Kuhn, 1967
Type species
Campylognathus zitteli
Plieninger, 1894
Subgroups
Synonyms

Eudimorphodontidae Wellnhofer, 1978

Campylognathoididae is a group of early "rhamphorhynchoid" pterosaurs named after Campylognathoides, that lived in the Late Jurassic. The family Campylognathoididae was named in 1967 by Oskar Kuhn, originally as the subfamily Campylognathoidinae.

Classification

Listing after Unwin 2006 unless otherwise noted.[1]

References

  1. ^ Unwin, David M. (2006). The Pterosaurs: From Deep Time. New York: Pi Press. p. 246. ISBN 0-13-146308-X. 
  2. ^ a b Dalla Vecchia, F.M. (2009). "Anatomy and systematics of the pterosaur Carniadactylus (gen. n.) rosenfeldi (Dalla Vecchia, 1995)." Rivista Italiana de Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 115(2): 159-188.