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Pteranodontinae (disused)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Ornithocheiridae

Taxonomy
Pteranodontinae was named by Williston (1892). Its type is Pteranodon.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ornithocheirinae by Kuhn (1946).

It was assigned to Pteranodontidae by Hay (1930); and to Ornithocheiridae by Kuhn (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Pteranodontinae Williston
1930Pteranodontinae Hay p. 162
1966Pteranodontinae Kuhn p. 110

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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
familyOrnithocheiridaeSeeley 1870
subfamilyPteranodontinaeWilliston 1892
subfamilyPteranodontinaeWilliston 1892

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.

Subfm. †Pteranodontinae Williston 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available