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Titanopteryx

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae

Taxonomy
Titanopteryx was named by Arambourg (1959) [nec Enderlein (1935)]. Its type is Titanopteryx philadelphiae.

It was replaced with Arambourgiania by Nessov (1984).

It was assigned to Titanopterygiidae by Padian (1984); to Ornithocheiridae by Charig (1967), Carroll (1988); to Azhdarchidae by Bennett (1989); and to Azhdarchidae by Murry et al. (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Titanopteryx Arambourg
1967Titanopteryx Charig p. 718
1984Titanopteryx Padian p. 522
1988Titanopteryx Carroll
1989Titanopteryx Bennett
1991Titanopteryx Murry et al. p. 168

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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
superfamilyAzhdarchoideaUnwin 1992
familyAzhdarchidae
genusTitanopteryx

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.

G. †Titanopteryx Arambourg 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available