Alternative spelling: Pterosauri
Synonyms: Ornithosauri Bonaparte 1838, Ornithosauria Bonaparte 1838, Ornithosaurii Bonaparte 1838
Parent taxon: Pterosauromorpha according to R. T. Müller et al. 2023
See also Bakker 1986, Bakker and Galton 1974, Baur 1887, Benton 1985, Benton 1990, Bonaparte 1850, Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Cope 1871, Cope 1875, Delsate and Wild 2000, Estes 1964, Fitzinger 1843, Gadow 1898, Gardiner 1982, Gasparini et al. 1987, Gauthier 1986, Gauthier et al. 1989, Günther 1886, Haeckel 1866, Haubold 1971, Haubold 1974, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Huene 1954, Jaekel 1910, Jaekel 1911, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1964, Kuhn 1966, Mantell 1854, Martínez et al. 2022, Nesbitt 2011, Novas 1996, O'Sullivan and Martill 2018, Olshevsky 1991, Osborn 1903, Osborn 1903, Osborn 1904, Owen 1859, Owen 1860, Owen 1861, Perrier 1928, Roxo 1937, Sereno 1991, Sereno and Arcucci 1990, Swinton 1934, Thulborn 1975, Woodward 1898 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxon: Lagerpetidae
Subtaxa: Aidacharidae Anmolpakhi Antipus Archaeopteryx vicensensis Arcticodactylus Austriadactylus Austriadraco Austriadraconidae Campylognathoides indicus Campylognathoididae Carniadactylus Caviramus Daohugoupterus Eopterosauria Eurolimnornis Eurolimnornis corneti Laopteryx Laopteryx priscus Macronychoptera Ornithocephaliformes Ornithocheirus hilsensis Ornithocheirus nobilis Ornithochirus Palaeocursornis Preondactylus Ptenodactylus Ptenodactylus brachyrhinus Ptenodactylus capito Ptenodactylus crassidens Ptenodactylus dentatus Ptenodactylus enchorhynchus Ptenodactylus eurygnathus Ptenodactylus macrorhinus Ptenodactylus oxyrhinus Ptenodactylus platystomus Ptenodactylus polyodon Ptenodactylus scaphorhynchus Ptenodactylus tenuirostris Pteraichnidae Pteranodontes Pterodactyli Pterodactyloidea Pterodactylus curtus Pterodactylus hopkinsi Pterodactylus huxleyi Pterodactylus oweni Pterodactylus primus Pterodactylus suprajurensis Rhamphorhynchoidea Rhamphorhynchus jessoni Rhamphorhynchus manselii Rhamphorhynchus pleydellii Samrukia Scaphognathoidea Seazzadactylus Sharivopterygia Tribelesodontoidea Wukongopteridae
Ecology: volant piscivore