Ctenochasmatidae

Animalia

Ctenochasmatids Temporal range: Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous

Cast of a Gnathosaurus subulatus specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
clade:	†Euctenochasmatia
Family:	†Ctenochasmatidae Nopsca, 1928
Type species
†Ctenochasma roemeri Meyer, 1852
Subgroups
†Ctenochasmatinae †Elanodactylus †Gegepterus †Gnathosaurinae †Pterofiltrus

Ctenochasmatidae is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea.

Classification

Listing of subfamilies and genera after Unwin 2006 unless otherwise noted.

Family Ctenochasmatidae
- Elanodactylus^[1]
- Gegepterus^[2]
- Subfamily Ctenochasmatinae
  - Beipiaopterus
  - Ctenochasma
  - Eosipterus
  - Pterodaustro
- Subfamily Gnathosaurinae
  - Cearadactylus
  - Gnathosaurus
  - Huanhepterus
  - Plataleorhynchus
  - "Pterodactylus" longicollum

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.