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Istiodactylidae

Reptilia - Istiodactylidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Istiodactylidae Howse et al.
2005Istiodactylidae Wang et al. p. 876
2006Istiodactylidae Andres and Ji p. 70
2006Istiodactylidae Wang and Zhou p. 406
2008Istiodactylidae Lü et al.
2008Istiodactylidae Wang et al.
2019Istiodactylidae Kellner et al.
2019Istiodactylidae Zhou et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
Pterosauria(Kaup 1834)
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
Pteranodontia()
superfamilyOrnithocheiroideaSeeley 1870
LanceodontiaAndres et al. 2014
Istiodactyliformes
familyIstiodactylidaeHowse et al. 2001
familyIstiodactylidaeHowse et al. 2001

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Istiodactylidae Howse et al. 2001
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G. †Archaeoistiodactylus Lü and Fucha 2010
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G. †Liaoxipterus Dong and Lü 2005
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Liaoxipterus brachyognathus Dong and Lü 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-01-04 11:38:30
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:23
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Aptian or 167.70000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian167.7 - 150.8China (Liaoning) Archaeoistiodactylus linglongtaensis (92421)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Aragón) Istiodactylidae indet. (36368) Pterosauria indet. (53921)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Istiodactylidae indet. (28006)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0United Kingdom (England) Istiodactylidae indet. (101091 101092)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Russian Federation (Kemerovo) Istiodactylidae indet. (167304)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Liaoning) Liaoxipterus brachyognathus (79941)