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Ornithocheiridae
Taxonomy
Ornithocheiridae was named by Seeley (1870). Its type is Ornithocheirus.
It was synonymized subjectively with Pteranodontidae by Hay (1930); it was reranked as the subfamily Ornithocheirinae by Kuhn (1946); it was reranked as the unranked clade Ornithocheiridae by Unwin and Lü (1997), Unwin (2003), Unwin and Martill (2007), Martill and Unwin (2011).
It was assigned to Ornithocheiroidea by Williston (1897); to Rhamphorhynchoidea by Roxo (1937); to Pteranodontidae by Kuhn (1946); to Dsungaripteroidea by Young (1964); to Pterosauria by Zittel (1890), Bakker (1986); to Euornithocheira by Unwin (2003); to Pterodactyloidea by Williston (1903), Nopcsa (1928), Delair (1958), Kuhn (1966), Charig (1967), Carroll (1988), Lee (1994), Wang and Zhou (2006); to Ornithocheiroidea by Unwin and Lü (1997), Unwin and Martill (2007), Martill and Unwin (2011); to Pterodactyloidea by Rodrigues and Kellner (2013); to Pteranodontoidea by Andres and Myers (2013); to Ornithocheiroidea by Jacobs et al. (2019); and to Ornithocheirae by Pentland et al. (2019).
It was synonymized subjectively with Pteranodontidae by Hay (1930); it was reranked as the subfamily Ornithocheirinae by Kuhn (1946); it was reranked as the unranked clade Ornithocheiridae by Unwin and Lü (1997), Unwin (2003), Unwin and Martill (2007), Martill and Unwin (2011).
It was assigned to Ornithocheiroidea by Williston (1897); to Rhamphorhynchoidea by Roxo (1937); to Pteranodontidae by Kuhn (1946); to Dsungaripteroidea by Young (1964); to Pterosauria by Zittel (1890), Bakker (1986); to Euornithocheira by Unwin (2003); to Pterodactyloidea by Williston (1903), Nopcsa (1928), Delair (1958), Kuhn (1966), Charig (1967), Carroll (1988), Lee (1994), Wang and Zhou (2006); to Ornithocheiroidea by Unwin and Lü (1997), Unwin and Martill (2007), Martill and Unwin (2011); to Pterodactyloidea by Rodrigues and Kellner (2013); to Pteranodontoidea by Andres and Myers (2013); to Ornithocheiroidea by Jacobs et al. (2019); and to Ornithocheirae by Pentland et al. (2019).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1870 | Ornithocheiridae Seeley |
| 1890 | Ornithocheiridae Zittel p. 797 |
| 1897 | Ornithocheiridae Williston p. 36 |
| 1903 | Ornithocheiridae Williston p. 159 |
| 1914 | Criorhynchidae Hooley |
| 1928 | Ornithocheirinae Nopcsa p. 188 |
| 1937 | Ornithocheiridae Roxo p. 65 |
| 1946 | Ornithocheirinae Kuhn p. 67 |
| 1958 | Ornithocheiridae Delair p. 71 |
| 1964 | Criorhynchidae Young p. 252 |
| 1964 | Ornithocheiridae Young p. 252 |
| 1966 | Criorhynchidae Kuhn p. 110 |
| 1966 | Ornithocheiridae Kuhn p. 110 |
| 1967 | Ornithocheiridae Charig p. 718 |
| 1986 | Ornithocheiridae Bakker p. 460 |
| 1988 | Ornithocheiridae Carroll |
| 1994 | Ornithocheiridae Lee |
| 1997 | Ornithocheiridae Unwin and Lü |
| 2003 | Ornithocheiridae Unwin p. 145 |
| 2006 | Ornithocheiridae Wang and Zhou p. 406 |
| 2007 | Ornithocheiridae Unwin and Martill |
| 2011 | Ornithocheiridae Martill and Unwin |
| 2013 | Ornithocheiridae Andres and Myers |
| 2013 | Ornithocheiridae Rodrigues and Kellner |
| 2019 | Ornithocheiridae Jacobs et al. |
| 2019 | Ornithocheiridae Pentland 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.
Fm. †Ornithocheiridae Seeley 1870
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G. †Araripesaurus Price 1971
Invalid names: Criorhynchidae Hooley 1914 [synonym], Ornithocheirinae Williston 1897 [empty], Pteranodontinae Williston 1892 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 143.10000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (58 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian | Morocco (Oriental) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (45726) | |
| Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian | Spain (Castilla y León) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (236792) | |
| Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Ornithocheirus sp. (92916) | |
| Late/Upper Valanginian | Colombia | Ornithocheiridae indet. (137831) | |
| Valanginian | Russian Federation (Buryat) | Pterosauria indet. (58196) | |
| Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Castilla y León) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (68464 89277) | |
| Barremian | United Kingdom (England) | Caulkicephalus trimicrodon (90342 101088) | |
| Barremian | Japan (Ishikawa) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (32324) | |
| Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Aragón) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (53921) Pterosauria indet. (36368) | |
| Early/Lower Barremian | Portugal (Lisboa) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (189306) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | Spain (Castellón) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (195209) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (28006) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (152548) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | United Kingdom (England) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (101086) | |
| Barremian - Aptian | Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) | Ctenochasmatidae indet. (53148) | |
| Barremian - Aptian | Russian Federation (Kemerovo) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (167303) | |
| Aptian | Russian Federation (Kemerovo) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (39680) | |
| Aptian | Russian Federation (Buryat) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (58199) | |
| Aptian - Albian | Niger (Agadez) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (81086) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Barbosania gracilirostris (92290) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceara) | Ornithocheiridae indet., Arthurdactylus conandoylei, Brasileodactylus araripensis (77891) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | Tunisia (Tataouine) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (163915) | |
| Albian | France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (94766) | |
| Albian | Niger (Agadez) | Ornithocheiridae indet. 1, Ornithocheiridae indet. 2 (228823) | |
| Albian | Tunisia (Tataouine) | Pterosauria indet. (116297) | |
| Albian - Cenomanian | Russian Federation (Belgorod) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (92402) | |
| Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian | Mongolia (Dornogov) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (52007) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Australia (Queensland) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (100365) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian | Russian Federation (Belgorod) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (32314) | |
| Cenomanian | USA (Texas) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (89148) | |
| Cenomanian | Uzbekistan (Navoi) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (58472 70426) | |
| Cenomanian | Russian Federation (Saratov) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (92417) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (73862 77232 77233) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (58466 58490 68823 92327) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (90076) Pterosauria indet. (90078) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Russian Federation (Saratov) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (92403) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | Ornithocheirus sp. (92428) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Russian Federation (Volgograd) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (92418) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Spain (Asturias) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (98396) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (88991) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | USA (Texas) | Aetodactylus halli (93872) | |
| Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | Ornithocheirus sp. (35298) | |
| Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Australia (Western Australia) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (55314) | |
| Cenomanian - Turonian | United Kingdom (England) | Ornithocheirus sp. (92426 92427) | |
| Cenomanian - Campanian | United Kingdom (England) | Aves indet. (92425) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Russian Federation (Volgograd) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (59385) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (South Dakota) | Ornithocheiridae indet. (224484) |