Full reference: J. Lü, D. M. Unwin, X. Jin, Y. Liu, and Q. Ji. 2010. Evidence for modular evolution in a long-tailed pterosaur with a pterodactyloid skull. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277:383-389
Parent taxon: Lonchognatha according to B. Andres et al. 2014
See also Lü et al. 2011, Martill et al. 2023, Martill et al. 2013, Vidovic and Martill 2014, Wang et al. 2017 and Wei et al. 2021
Sister taxon: Harpactognathus
Subtaxa: Caelidracones Changchengopterus Cuspicephalus Darwinopterus Douzhanopterus Melkamter Pterodactylus Wukongopterus
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of Argentina (1), China (4), France (2), Germany (4), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (1), Portugal (1), Tanzania (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 20 collections including 32 occurrences