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Quetzalcoatlus

Reptilia - Azhdarchidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Quetzalcoatlus Lawson p. 677
1984Quetzalcoatlus Padian p. 522
1988Quetzalcoatlus Carroll
1989Quetzalcoatlus Bennett
1991Quetzalcoatlus Murry et al. p. 168
1991Quetzalcoatlus Nessov p. 21
2003Quetzalcoatlus Unwin
2006Quetzalcoatlus Henderson and Peterson p. 192
2006Quetzalcoatlus Martill and Naish
2008Quetzalcoatlus Wang et al. p. 1985 fig. 4
2013Quetzalcoatlus Andres and Myers
2014Quetzalcoatlus Andres et al.
2014Quetzalcoatlus Headden and Campos
2021Quetzalcoatlus Andres and Langston Jr

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
Pterosauria(Kaup 1834)
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
Azhdarchoidea(Unwin 1992)
familyAzhdarchidae
subfamilyQuetzalcoatlinaeAndres et al. 2014
genusQuetzalcoatlus

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. †Quetzalcoatlus Lawson 1975
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Quetzalcoatlus lawsoni Andres and Langston Jr 2021
Quetzalcoatlus northropi Lawson 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available