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Nyctosaurus
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Taxonomy
Nyctosaurus was named by Marsh (1876). Its type is Pteranodon gracilis. 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); to Ornithocheiridae by Young (1964); 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); to Ornithocheiridae by Young (1964); 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).
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 |
| 1964 | Nyctosaurus Young p. 251 |
| 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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available