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Lonchodectidae

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Lonchodectidae

Taxonomy
Lonchodectidae was named by Hooley (1914). It is not extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Lonchodectidae by Unwin (2003).

It was assigned to Ctenochasmatoidea by Unwin (2002); and to Euctenochasmatia by Unwin (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Lonchodectidae Hooley
2002Lonchodectidae Unwin
2003Lonchodectidae Unwin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Lophocratia
superfamilyCtenochasmatoideaUnwin 1995
familyLonchodectidaeHooley 1914
familyLonchodectidaeHooley 1914

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Lonchodectidae Hooley 1914
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G. †Serradraco Rigal et al. 2017
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G. †Yixianopterus Lü et al. 2006
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†Yixianopterus jingangshanensis Lü et al. 2006
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available