†family Nyctosauridae Hay 1902 (pterosaur)
Reptilia - Pterosauria - Nyctosauridae
Alternative spelling: Nyctosaurinae
Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1902. Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179:1-868
Parent taxon: Dsungaripteroidea according to Z. Cai and F. Wei 1994
See also Andres and Norell 2005, Bennett 1989, Fernandes et al. 2022, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Murry et al. 1991 and Williston 1903
Sister taxa: Germanodactylidae, Puntanipterus
Subtaxa: none
Type: Nyctosaurus
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nyctosauridae in the database