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Thalassodromidae

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Thalassodromidae

Taxonomy
Thalassodromidae was named by Kellner and Campos (2007) [First used as an unranked clade by Witton (2009) but attributed to Kellner & Campos (2007)]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as the family Thalassodromidae by Headden and Campos (2014).

It was assigned to Neoazhdarchia by Witton (2009); and to Tapejaroidea by Headden and Campos (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Thalassodromidae Kellner and Campos
2009Thalassodromidae Witton
2014Thalassodromidae Headden and Campos

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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
superfamilyAzhdarchoideaUnwin 1992
—Neoazhdarchia
superfamilyTapejaroideaKellner 1989
familyThalassodromidae()
familyThalassodromidae()

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. †Thalassodromidae Kellner and Campos 2007
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G. †Thalassodromeus Kellner and Campos 2002
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†Thalassodromeus sethi Kellner and Campos 2002
G. †Tupuxuara Kellner and Campos 1988
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†Tupuxuara deliradamus Witton 2009
†Tupuxuara leonardii Kellner and Campos 1994
†Tupuxuara longicristatus Kellner and Campos 1988
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: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Tupuxuara longicristatus (92290) Tupuxuara sp., Tupuxuara longicristatus, Thalassodromeus sethi, Tupuxuara leonardii, Tupuxuara deliradamus (67712)