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Ctenochasmatoidea

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Ctenochasmatoidea was named by Unwin (1995). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Unwin and Lü (1997).

It was reranked as the unranked clade Ctenochasmatoidea by Unwin and Lü (1997), Unwin (2002).

It was assigned to Pterodactyloidea by Unwin and Lü (1997), Unwin (2002); and to Lophocratia by Unwin (2003).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Pterodactylidae Bonaparte
1849Pterodactylidae d'Orbigny p. 211
1850Pterodactylidae Bonaparte p. 1
1871Pterodactylidae Cope p. 234
1875Pterodactylidae Cope p. 13
1890Pterodactylidae Zittel p. 791
1897Pterodactylidae Williston p. 36
1903Pterodactylidae Williston p. 159
1937Pterodactylidae Roxo p. 65
1946Pterodactylidae Kuhn p. 67
1958Pterodactylidae Delair p. 69
1964Pterodactylidae Young p. 251
1966Pterodactylidae Kuhn p. 109
1967Pterodactylidae Charig p. 717
1986Pterodactylidae Bakker p. 460
1988Pterodactylidae Carroll
1995Ctenochasmatoidea Unwin
1997Ctenochasmatoidea Unwin and Lü p. 165
2002Ctenochasmatoidea Unwin
2003Ctenochasmatoidea Unwin p. 145
2006Pterodactylidae Wang and Zhou p. 406
2012Pterodactylidae Pereda-Suberbiola et al.

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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
superfamilyCtenochasmatoideaUnwin 1995

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.

Superfm. †Ctenochasmatoidea Unwin 1995
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Unr. †Euctenochasmatia Unwin 2003
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Fm. †Ctenochasmatidae Nopcsa 1928 [ctenochasmatid]
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G. †Balaenognathus Martill et al. 2023
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†Balaenognathus maeuseri Martill et al. 2023
G. †Cathayopterus Wang and Zhou 2006
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†Cathayopterus grabaui Wang and Zhou 2006
G. †Forfexopterus Jiang et al. 2016
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†Forfexopterus jeholensis Jiang et al. 2016
Unr. †Gnathosaurinae Unwin 1992
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G. †Tacuadactylus Soto and Montenegro 2021
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†Tacuadactylus luciae Soto and Montenegro 2021
G. †Liaodactylus Zhou et al. 2017
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†Liaodactylus primus Zhou et al. 2017
G. †Pterofiltrus Jiang and Wang 2011
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†Pterofiltrus qiui Jiang and Wang 2011
Invalid names: Ctenochasmatinae Nopcsa 1928 [empty], Pterodaustridae Bonaparte 1971 [synonym]
Fm. †Gallodactylidae Fabre 1974
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G. †Gladocephaloideus Lü et al. 2012
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G. †Petrodactyle Hone et al. 2023
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†Petrodactyle wellnhoferi Hone et al. 2023
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
G. †Unwindia Martill 2011
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†Unwindia trigonus Martill 2011
Invalid names: Pterodactylidae Bonaparte 1838 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. M. Unwin and J. Lü 1997Cycnorhamphus suevicus, Pterodaustro guinazui, their most recent common ancestor, and all its descendants
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-01-04 11:38:30
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:23
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Padian 1985

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 168.20000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Pterodactylidae indet. (57124)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8China (Liaoning) Liaodactylus primus (156015)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2United Kingdom (England) Ctenochasmatoidea indet. (145758)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany Pterodactylus meyeri (131961)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Uruguay (Tacuarembó) Gnathosaurinae indet. (225433) Pterosauria indet. (213192)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Eastern Bavaria) Ctenochasmatinae indet. (187436)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Ctenochasmatidae indet. (51859)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Bavaria) Balaenognathus maeuseri (231928)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Pterodactylidae indet. (94535)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06France (Poitou-Charentes) Ctenochasmatidae indet. 3, Ctenochasmatidae indet. 4 (164377)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bavaria) Petrodactyle wellnhoferi (231911)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Morocco (Oriental) Ctenochasmatidae indet., Gnathosaurinae indet. (45726)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Morocco (Figuig) Ctenochasmatidae indet. (204990)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) Ctenochasmatidae indet. (92914 92915)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian139.1 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Pterodactylus sagittirostris (92919)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4United Kingdom (England) Gnathosaurinae indet. (101090)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Portugal (Lisboa) Ctenochasmatoidea indet. (189306)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57China (Liaoning) Cathayopterus grabaui (92906) Pterofiltrus qiui (55682) Yixianopterus jingangshanensis, Gladocephaloideus jingangshanensis (79521)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Spain (La Rioja) Prejanopterus curvirostra (101097)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Liaoning) Forfexopterus jeholensis (129475)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Unwindia trigonus (67712)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Australia (Queensland) Ctenochasmatoidea indet. (100369)