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Nyctosaurus
Taxonomy
Nyctosaurus was named by Marsh (1876). It is the type genus of Nyctosaurinae, Nyctosauridae.
It was replaced with Nyctodactylus by Zittel (1890); it was reranked as Pteranodon (Nyctosaurus) by Miller (1971).
It was assigned to Nyctosauridae by Hay (1902); to Nyctosaurinae by Williston (1903) and Hay (1930); to Ornithocheiridae by Young (1964) and Charig (1967); to Pteranodon by Miller (1971); to Pteranodontidae by Schoch (1984); to Nyctosauridae by Bennett (1989) and Murry et al. (1991); to Pteranodontia by Unwin (2003); to Ornithocheiroidea by Unwin and Lü (1997) and Andres et al. (2014); and to Pterodactyloidea by Headden and Campos (2014).
It was replaced with Nyctodactylus by Zittel (1890); it was reranked as Pteranodon (Nyctosaurus) by Miller (1971).
It was assigned to Nyctosauridae by Hay (1902); to Nyctosaurinae by Williston (1903) and Hay (1930); to Ornithocheiridae by Young (1964) and Charig (1967); to Pteranodon by Miller (1971); to Pteranodontidae by Schoch (1984); to Nyctosauridae by Bennett (1989) and Murry et al. (1991); to Pteranodontia by Unwin (2003); to Ornithocheiroidea by Unwin and Lü (1997) and Andres et al. (2014); and to Pterodactyloidea by Headden and Campos (2014).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1876 | Nyctosaurus Marsh p. 480 |
| 1881 | Nyctodactylus Marsh p. 343 |
| 1890 | Nyctodactylus Zittel p. 799 |
| 1902 | Nyctosaurus Hay p. 508 |
| 1903 | Nyctosaurus Williston p. 159 |
| 1930 | Nyctosaurus Hay p. 163 |
| 1964 | Nyctosaurus Young p. 251 |
| 1967 | Nyctosaurus Charig p. 718 |
| 1971 | Pteranodon (Nyctosaurus) Miller p. 10 |
| 1984 | Nyctosaurus Schoch |
| 1989 | Nyctosaurus Bennett |
| 1991 | Nyctosaurus Murry et al. p. 168 |
| 1997 | Nyctosaurus Unwin and Lü |
| 2003 | Nyctosaurus Unwin p. 145 |
| 2014 | Nyctosaurus Andres et al. |
| 2014 | Nyctosaurus Headden and Campos |
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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.
G. †Nyctosaurus Marsh 1876
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†Nyctosaurus bonneri Miller 1971
†Nyctosaurus gracilis Marsh 1876
†Nyctosaurus lamegoi Price 1953
†Nyctosaurus nanus Marsh 1881
Invalid names: Nyctodactylus Marsh 1881 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available