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Istiodactyliformes

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Istiodactyliformes Kellner 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
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Pteranodontia()
superfamilyOrnithocheiroideaSeeley 1870
—LanceodontiaAndres et al. 2014
—Istiodactyliformes
—Istiodactyliformes

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. †Istiodactyliformes Kellner et al. 2019
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G. †Hongshanopterus Wang et al. 2008
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†Hongshanopterus lacustris Wang et al. 2008
Fm. †Istiodactylidae Howse et al. 2001
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G. †Archaeoistiodactylus Lü and Fucha 2010
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G. †Liaoxipterus Dong and Lü 2005
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†Liaoxipterus brachyognathus Dong and Lü 2005
Unr. †Mimodactylidae Kellner et al. 2019
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G. †Haopterus Wang and Lü 2001
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†Haopterus gracilis Wang and Lü 2001
G. †Mimodactylus Kellner et al. 2019
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†Mimodactylus libanensis Kellner et al. 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Padian 1985, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 168.20000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian168.2 - 152.21China (Liaoning) Archaeoistiodactylus linglongtaensis (92421)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4United Kingdom (England) Istiodactylidae indet. (101091 101092)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Aragón) Istiodactylidae indet. (36368) Pterosauria indet. (53921)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Istiodactylidae indet. (28006)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57China (Liaoning) Haopterus gracilis (92749)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Russian Federation (Kemerovo) Istiodactylidae indet. (167304)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Liaoning) Hongshanopterus lacustris (55536) Liaoxipterus brachyognathus (79941)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Mimodactylus libanensis (138218)