Reptilia - Pterosauria - Pteranodontidae
Synonyms: Ornithostomatidae Williston 1893, Ornithostomatinae Williston 1897
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1876. Notice of a new sub-order of Pterosauria. American Journal of Science 11:507-509
Parent taxon: Pteranodontia according to D. M. Unwin 2003
See also Bennett 1989, Bennett 1994, Charig 1967, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kellner 2010, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Marsh 1876, Murry et al. 1991, Padian 1984, Roxo 1937, Unwin and Lü 1997, Wang and Zhou 2006, Williston 1897, Young 1964 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Alamodactylus, Aponyctosauria, Ornithocheiroidea, Pteranodon
Subtaxa: Azhdarchinae Dawndraco Geosternbergia Santanadactylus Tethydraco Volgadraco
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (1 collection), Brazil (1), Japan (1), Morocco (4), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (3: California, Kansas, South Dakota)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences