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Pteranodontia
Taxonomy
Pteranodontia was named by Marsh (1876). It was considered monophyletic by Unwin (2003).
It was reranked as the family Pteranodontia by Günther (1886); it was reranked as the order Pteranodontia by Perrier (1928); it was synonymized subjectively with Pteranodontidae by Kellner (2010); it was reranked as the unranked clade Pteranodontia by Fernandes et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Pterosauria by Marsh (1876); to Ornithosauria by Günther (1886); to Pterosauria by Perrier (1928); to Euornithocheira by Unwin (2003); to Ornithocheiroidea by Andres and Myers (2013); and to Pterodactyloidea by Headden and Campos (2014), Fernandes et al. (2022).
It was reranked as the family Pteranodontia by Günther (1886); it was reranked as the order Pteranodontia by Perrier (1928); it was synonymized subjectively with Pteranodontidae by Kellner (2010); it was reranked as the unranked clade Pteranodontia by Fernandes et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Pterosauria by Marsh (1876); to Ornithosauria by Günther (1886); to Pterosauria by Perrier (1928); to Euornithocheira by Unwin (2003); to Ornithocheiroidea by Andres and Myers (2013); and to Pterodactyloidea by Headden and Campos (2014), Fernandes et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1876 | Pteranodontia Marsh p. 507 |
| 1886 | Pteranodontia Günther p. 444 |
| 1928 | Pteranodontia Perrier p. 3118 |
| 2003 | Pteranodontia Unwin p. 163 |
| 2013 | Pteranodontia Andres and Myers |
| 2014 | Pteranodontia Headden and Campos |
| 2022 | Pteranodontia Fernandes et al. |
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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.
Unr. †Pteranodontia Marsh 1876
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Superfm. †Ornithocheiroidea Seeley 1870
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G. †Anhanguera Campos and Kellner 1985
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†Anhanguera araripensis Wellnhofer 1985
†Anhanguera blittersdorffi Campos and Kellner 1985
†Anhanguera cuvieri Bowerbank 1851
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Invalid names: Ornithocheirus colorhinus Seeley 1869 [synonym], Ornithocheirus denticulatus Seeley 1870 [synonym]
†Anhanguera ligabuei Dalla Vecchia 1993
†Anhanguera piscator Kellner and Tomida 2000
†Anhanguera robustus Wellnhofer 1987
†Anhanguera santanae Wellnhofer 1985
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]
G. †Cearadactylus Leonardi and Borgomanero 1985
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†Cearadactylus atrox Leonardi and Borgomanero 1985
G. †Istiodactylus Howse et al. 2001
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†Istiodactylus latidens Seeley 1901
†Istiodactylus sinensis Andres and Ji 2006
Unr. †Lanceodontia Andres et al. 2014
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Unr. †Istiodactyliformes Kellner et al. 2019
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Fm. †Istiodactylidae Howse et al. 2001
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G. †Archaeoistiodactylus Lü and Fucha 2010
G. †Liaoxipterus Dong and Lü 2005
Unr. †Mimodactylidae Kellner et al. 2019
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G. †Haopterus Wang and Lü 2001
G. †Mimodactylus Kellner et al. 2019
G. †Lonchodectes Hooley 1914
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†Lonchodectes compressirostris Owen 1851
†Lonchodectes machaerorhynchus Seeley 1864
†Lonchodectes microdon Seeley 1869
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Invalid names: Ornithocheirus huxleyi Seeley 1870 [synonym], Ornithocheirus oweni Seeley 1870 [synonym]
G. †Nurhachius Wang et al. 2005
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†Nurhachius ignaciobritoi Wang et al. 2005
†Nurhachius luei Zhou et al. 2019
G. †Ornithocheirus Seeley 1869
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†Ornithocheirus wiedenrothi Wild 1990
Invalid names: Cimoliornis Owen 1846 [synonym], Criorhynchus Owen 1874 [objective synonym], Palaeornis Mantell 1835 [synonym]
Invalid names: Euornithocheira Unwin 2003 [empty]
G. †Pteranodon Marsh 1876
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Subg. †Pteranodon (Longicepia) Miller 1971
Subg. †Pteranodon (Occidentalia) Miller 1971
Subg. †Pteranodon (Sternbergia) Miller 1971
†Pteranodon longiceps Marsh 1876
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Invalid names: Pteranodon (Longicepia) marshi Miller 1971 [synonym], Pteranodon (Sternbergia) walkeri Miller 1971 [synonym]
†Pteranodon sternbergi Harksen 1966
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Invalid names: Pteranodon (Occidentalia) eatoni Miller 1971 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ornithocheirus harpyia Cope 1872 [nomen dubium], Ornithocheirus umbrosus Cope 1872 [nomen dubium], Pteranodon comptus Marsh 1876 [nomen dubium], Pterodactylus ingens Marsh 1872 [nomen dubium], Pterodactylus occidentalis Marsh 1872 [nomen dubium], Pterodactylus oweni Marsh 1871 [nomen dubium], Pterodactylus velox Marsh 1872 [nomen dubium]
Fm. †Pteranodontidae Marsh 1876
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G. †Santanadactylus Buisonjé 1980
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†Santanadactylus brasilensis Buisonjé 1980
†Santanadactylus spixi Wellnhofer 1985
Invalid names: Azhdarchinae Nessov 1984 [empty], Ornithostomatidae Williston 1893 [synonym], Ornithostomatinae Williston 1897 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. Perrier 1928 | Un bec pointu, sans dénis, comprimé latéralement. Symphyse mandibulaire très longue. Une longue crête, postérieure fortement saillante en arrière et dont la carène supérieure se continue en avant jusqu'au bout du museau. Narines réunies à la foyse préorbitaire. Queue courte. Omoplate articulée avec les apophyses épineuses fusionnées des vertèbres dorsales. | |
| D. M. Unwin 2003 | Nyctosaurus gracilis, Pteranodon longiceps, their most recent common ancestor, and all its descendants |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 154.80000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (132 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | China (Liaoning) | Archaeoistiodactylus linglongtaensis (92421) | |
| Kimmeridgian | Germany | Ornithocheiroidea indet. (117200) | |
| Early/Lower Cretaceous | Brazil (Pernambuco) | Anhangueridae indet. (237354) | |
| Early/Lower Cretaceous | China (Liaoning) | Nurhachius sp. (232022) | |
| Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian | United Kingdom (England) | Coloborhynchus clavirostris (92919) | |
| Late/Upper Valanginian | Colombia | Anhanguera indet. (226140) | |
| Late/Upper Valanginian | United Kingdom (England) | Ornithodesmus sp., Pterosauria indet. (96621) | |
| Early/Lower Hauterivian | Germany | Ornithocheirus wiedenrothi (91586) | |
| Hauterivian | France (Champagne-Ardenne) | Ornithocheiroidea indet. (94140) Ornithocheirus sp. (94138) | |
| Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian | Brazil (Bahia) | Pterosauria indet. (94537) | |
| Barremian | Portugal (Lisboa) | Ornithocheirus sp. (75267) | |
| Barremian | United Kingdom (England) | Coloborhynchus sp. (168797) Istiodactylidae indet., Istiodactylus latidens (101091 101092) Istiodactylus sp. (101093) Ornithodesmus cluniculus, Ornithodesmus latidens (48853) Uktenadactylus rodriguesae (60845) | |
| Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Aragón) | Istiodactylidae indet. (36368) Pterosauria indet. (53921) | |
| Early/Lower Barremian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Anhangueridae indet. (92232) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) | Istiodactylidae indet. (28006) | |
| Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | United Kingdom (England) | Ornithocheirus sp. (92917) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | China (Liaoning) | Haopterus gracilis (92749) Istiodactylus sinensis (67611) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | United Kingdom (England) | Euornithocheira indet. (13267) Istiodactylus latidens (90306) | |
| Barremian - Aptian | Russian Federation (Kemerovo) | Istiodactylidae indet. (167304) | |
| Aptian | Venezuela (Zulia) | Anhangueridae indet. (89071) | |
| Aptian | China (Liaoning) | Guidraco venator (135798) Hongshanopterus lacustris (55536) Liaoningopterus gui (90046) Liaoxipterus brachyognathus, Longchengpterus zhaoi (79941) Nurhachius ignaciobritoi (79523) Nurhachius luei (207051) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Anhanguera santanae (94694) Anhanguera sp., Anhanguera blittersdorffi, Cearadactylus atrox, Tropeognathus robustus, Cearadactylus ligabuei, Brasileodactylus sp., Santanadactylus brasilensis, Brasileodactylus araripensis, Santanadactylus araripensis, Santanadactylus spixi, Araripesaurus santanae, Tropeognathus mesembrinus, Criorhynchus mesembrinus, Coloborhynchus spielbergi (92290) Coloborhynchus robustus, Anhanguera piscator (67712) Maaradactylus kellneri (194497) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceara) | Ludodactylus sibbicki (77891) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | Brazil (Pernacumbo) | Anhangueridae indet. (165422) | |
| Albian | Australia (Queensland) | Thapunngaka shawi (232021) | |
| Albian | United Kingdom (England) | Pterodactylus daviesii (92920) | |
| Albian | Peru (Huánuco) | Pteranodontidae indet. (89073) | |
| Middle Albian | France (Champagne-Ardenne) | Ornithocheirus sp. (85311) | |
| Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian | Australia (Queensland) | Anhangueridae indet. (96757) | |
| Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian | Mexico (Puebla) | Pteranodon sp. (80283) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | United Kingdom (England) | Ornithocheirus capito (94258) Ornithocheirus machaerorhynchus (94253) Ornithocheirus sp., Pterodactylus sedgwickii, Pterodactylus simus, Pterodactylus cuvieri, Ornithocheirus platystomus, Ornithocheirus platyrhinus, Ornithocheirus oweni, Ornithocheirus microdon, Ornithocheirus huxleyi, Ornithocheirus denticulatus, Ornithocheirus capito, Ornithocheirus colorhinus, Ornithocheirus reedi (94210) Pterodactyloidea indet. (94264) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Australia (Queensland) | Anhanguera sp. (100367 100371) Haliskia peterseni (235290) Mythunga camara (89950) Pteranodon sp., Ornithocheirus sp. (89951) Thapunngaka shawi (236854) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | USA (Texas) | Coloborhynchus wadleighi (35294) | |
| Cenomanian | Brazil (Maranhão) | Ornithocheiroidea indet., Pterosauria indet. (56365) | |
| Cenomanian | Russian Federation (Saratov) | Ornithocheirus sp. (92417) | |
| Cenomanian | USA (Montana) | Pteranodontidae indet. (94768) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Ornithocheiroidea indet. (65421) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) | Anhangueridae indet. (99880 144705 155212 163916 163918) Coloborhynchus sp., Anhanguera piscator, Ornithocheirus simus, Coloborhynchus fluviferox (209058) Pteranodontidae indet. (90075) Pteranodontidae indet., Coloborhynchus moroccensis (96222) Siroccopteryx moroccensis (90077) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Lebanon | Mimodactylus libanensis (138218) Ornithocheiroidea indet. (60311) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Egypt (Giza) | Anhanguera sp. (226126) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Russian Federation (Volgograd) | Ornithocheiroidea indet., Lonchodectes sp. (92399) | |
| Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | Ornithocheirus sp. (118409) | |
| Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Australia (Queensland) | Anhangueridae indet. (226547) | |
| Cenomanian - Turonian | Japan (Hokkaido) | Pteranodon sp. (94681) | |
| Cenomanian - Turonian | United Kingdom (England) | Pterodactylus compressirostris (92426) | |
| Cenomanian - Turonian | Congo-Kinshasa (Kasai-Oriental) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (89997) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian - Late/Upper Turonian | USA (Texas) | Pteranodon sp. (89077) | |
| Middle Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Australia (Queensland) | Ferrodraco lentoni (236853) | |
| Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian | Mexico (Coahuila) | Muzquizopteryx sp., Nyctosauridae indet. (92293) | |
| Early/Lower Coniacian | USA (Texas) | Pteranodon sp. (100363) | |
| Coniacian - Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Pteranodon sp. (84698) | |
| Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Dawndraco kanzai (101104) Pteranodon occidentalis (93384) Pteranodon sternbergi (93383) | |
| Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Ornithocheirus umbrosus (93219) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Pteranodon longiceps, Pteranodon ingens (93387) Pteranodon sp. (85284 231925) Pterodactylus oweni (93218) | |
| Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Pteranodon comptus (93233) Pteranodon ingens (188486) Pteranodon longiceps (84697 93234 93422) Pteranodon longiceps, Ornithocheirus harpyia (93225) Pteranodon sp. (93391 94652) Pteranodon walkeri (93386) Pterodactylus ingens (93221) Pterodactylus ingens, Pterodactylus oweni (93217) Pterodactylus ingens, Pterodactylus velox (93220) | |
| Campanian | USA (Delaware) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (167538) | |
| Campanian | USA (California) | Pteranodontidae indet. (94632) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (South Dakota) | Pteranodon longiceps (94635 94636 94637 94638 94639 94641 94643 94644 94645 94646 94647 94648) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Wyoming) | Pteranodon longiceps (94650) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Russian Federation (Saratov) | Azhdarchidae indet. (86332) Pteranodontidae indet. (216628) Volgadraco bogolubovi (92330) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Delaware) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (46565) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | USA (Wyoming) | Pteranodon longiceps (235710) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | USA (South Dakota) | Geosternbergia maiseyi (101100) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Montana) | Piksi barbarulna (25658) | |
| Middle Campanian | USA (South Dakota) | Pteranodon longiceps (94640) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Angola (Namibe) | Epapatelo otyikokolo, Ornithocheiroidea indet. (106705) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Romania (Hunedoara) | Ornithocheiroidea indet. (221768) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Morocco (Khouribga) | Tethydraco regalis (214896) Tethydraco regalis, Alcione elainus, Simurghia robusta, Barbaridactylus grandis (193774) |