Full reference: C.-C. Young. 1964. On a new pterosaurian from Sinkiang, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 8(3):221-255
Parent taxon: Pterodactyloidea according to M. W. Maisch et al. 2004
See also Andres and Norell 2005, Bakhurina 1993, Martill et al. 2000, Unwin 2003, Unwin and Lü 1997 and Young 1964
Sister taxa: Agadirichnidae, Anhangueria, Araripedactylus, Araripedactylus dehmi, Araripesaurus castilhoi, Archaeopterodactyloidea, Ardeadactylus, Aurorazhdarchidae, Belonochasmatidae, Cearadactylidae, Dermodactylus montanus, Doratorhynchus validus, Eupterodactyloidea, Haenamichnus, Herbstosaurus, Kryptodrakon, Lonchodraconidae, Lophocratia, Mesadactylus, Ningchengopterus, Nyctosaurus, Ornithocheiridae, Ornithocheirus brachyrhinus, Ornithocheirus bunzeli, Ornithocheirus carteri, Ornithocheirus crassidens, Ornithocheirus dentatus, Ornithocheirus enchorhynchus, Ornithocheirus eurygnathus, Ornithocheirus oxyrhinus, Ornithocheirus scaphorhynchus, Ornithocheirus tenuirostris, Ornithocheirus xyphorhynchus, Ornithodesmidae, Osteornis, Pteranodontia, Pterodactylus grandipelvis, Pterodactylus grandis, Pterodactylus longipes, Pterodactylus woodwardi, Santanadactylus pricei, Saraikisauridae, Tendaguripteridae, Titanopterygiidae, Wenupteryx
Subtaxa: Germanodactylidae Nyctosauridae Puntanipterus
Ecology: volant piscivore
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