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Anhangueridae
Taxonomy
Anhangueridae was named by Campos and Kellner (1985).
It was synonymized subjectively with Ornithocheiridae by Unwin (2001) and Unwin and Martill (2007); it was reranked as the unranked clade Anhangueridae by Rodrigues and Kellner (2008), Rodrigues and Kellner (2013) and Richards et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Pterodactyloidea by Campos and Kellner (1985) and Wang and Zhou (2006); to Pterodactyloidea by Rodrigues and Kellner (2008); to Pteranodontoidea by Bantim et al. (2014) and Aureliano et al. (2014); to Ornithocheiroidea by Headden and Campos (2014); and to Anhangueria by Rodrigues and Kellner (2013), Holgado and Pegas (2020), Richards et al. (2023) and Pentland et al. (2024).
It was synonymized subjectively with Ornithocheiridae by Unwin (2001) and Unwin and Martill (2007); it was reranked as the unranked clade Anhangueridae by Rodrigues and Kellner (2008), Rodrigues and Kellner (2013) and Richards et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Pterodactyloidea by Campos and Kellner (1985) and Wang and Zhou (2006); to Pterodactyloidea by Rodrigues and Kellner (2008); to Pteranodontoidea by Bantim et al. (2014) and Aureliano et al. (2014); to Ornithocheiroidea by Headden and Campos (2014); and to Anhangueria by Rodrigues and Kellner (2013), Holgado and Pegas (2020), Richards et al. (2023) and Pentland et al. (2024).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1985 | Anhangueridae Campos and Kellner p. 459 |
| 2006 | Anhangueridae Wang and Zhou p. 406 |
| 2008 | Anhangueridae Rodrigues and Kellner |
| 2013 | Anhangueridae Rodrigues and Kellner |
| 2014 | Anhangueridae Aureliano et al. |
| 2014 | Anhangueridae Bantim et al. |
| 2014 | Anhangueridae Headden and Campos |
| 2020 | Anhangueridae Holgado and Pegas |
| 2023 | Anhangueridae Richards et al. p. 5 |
| 2024 | Anhangueridae Pentland et al. p. 2 |
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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. †Anhangueridae Campos and Kellner 1985
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Subfm. †Coloborhynchinae Holgado et al. 2019
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G. †Coloborhynchus Owen 1874
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†Coloborhynchus clavirostris Owen 1874
†Coloborhynchus moroccensis Mader and Kellner 1999
Invalid names: Amblydectes Hooley 1914 [synonym]
G. †Uktenadactylus Rodrigues and Kellner 2008
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†Uktenadactylus rodriguesae Holgado and Pegas 2020
†Uktenadactylus wadleighi Lee 1994
G. †Maaradactylus Bantim et al. 2014
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†Maaradactylus kellneri Bantim et al. 2014
†Maaradactylus spielbergi Veldmeijer 2003
Subfm. †Tropeognathinae Holgado and Pegas 2020
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G. †Siroccopteryx Mader and Kellner 1999
Invalid names: Mythungini Richards et al. 2023 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hauterivian to the top of the Cenomanian or 136.40000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (30 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian | United Kingdom (England) | Coloborhynchus clavirostris (92919) | |
| Early/Lower Cretaceous | Brazil (Pernambuco) | Anhangueridae indet. (237354) | |
| Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian | Brazil (Bahia) | Pterosauria indet. (94537) | |
| Early/Lower Barremian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Anhangueridae indet. (92232) | |
| Barremian | United Kingdom (England) | Coloborhynchus sp. (168797) Uktenadactylus rodriguesae (60845) | |
| Aptian | Venezuela (Zulia) | Anhangueridae indet. (89071) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Maaradactylus kellneri (194497) Tropeognathus mesembrinus, Criorhynchus mesembrinus, Coloborhynchus spielbergi (92290) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | Brazil (Pernacumbo) | Anhangueridae indet. (165422) | |
| Albian | Australia (Queensland) | Thapunngaka shawi (232021) | |
| Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian | Australia (Queensland) | Anhangueridae indet. (96757) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Australia (Queensland) | Haliskia peterseni (235290) Mythunga camara (89950) Ornithocheirus sp. (89951) Thapunngaka shawi (236854) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | USA (Texas) | Coloborhynchus wadleighi (35294) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | United Kingdom (England) | Ornithocheirus capito (94258) Pterodactylus sedgwickii, Ornithocheirus capito, Ornithocheirus reedi (94210) | |
| Cenomanian | Brazil (Maranhão) | Pterosauria indet. (56365) | |
| Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Australia (Queensland) | Anhangueridae indet. (226547) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) | Anhangueridae indet. (99880 144705 155212 163916 163918) Coloborhynchus moroccensis (96222) Coloborhynchus sp., Coloborhynchus fluviferox (209058) Siroccopteryx moroccensis (90077) | |
| Middle Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Australia (Queensland) | Ferrodraco lentoni (236853) |