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Pterodactyli (disused)
Taxonomy
Pterodactyli was named by Meyer (1830).
It was synonymized subjectively with Pterosauria by Zittel (1890); it was reranked as the suborder Pterodactyli by Gadow (1898); it was reranked as the order Pterodactyla by Perrier (1928).
It was assigned to Ornithosauri by Fitzinger (1843); to Saurii by Meyer (1845); and to Pterosauria by Gadow (1898) and Perrier (1928).
It was synonymized subjectively with Pterosauria by Zittel (1890); it was reranked as the suborder Pterodactyli by Gadow (1898); it was reranked as the order Pterodactyla by Perrier (1928).
It was assigned to Ornithosauri by Fitzinger (1843); to Saurii by Meyer (1845); and to Pterosauria by Gadow (1898) and Perrier (1928).
Synonymy list
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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.
Subor. †Pterodactyli Meyer 1830
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Diagnosis
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| E. Perrier 1928 | Dents alvéolées aux deux mâchoires. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Padian 1985 | |||||
Collections
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