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Nyctosauridae (disused)
Taxonomy
Nyctosauridae was named by Hay (1902) [Definition: All pterosaurs more closely related to Nyctosaurus gracilis than other pterosaurs (Kellner 2003 ; p.121)]. Its type is Nyctosaurus.
It was reranked as the subfamily Nyctosaurinae by Williston (1903), Hay (1930), Kuhn (1946) and Kuhn (1966); it was reranked as the unranked clade Nyctosauridae by Bennett (1989) and Fernandes et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Pterosauri by Hay (1902); to Pteranodontidae by Hay (1930) and Kuhn (1946); to Ornithocheiridae by Williston (1903) and Kuhn (1966); to Pterodactyloidea by Bennett (1989); to Pterodactyloidea by Murry et al. (1991); to Dsungaripteroidea by Cai and Wei (1994) and Andres and Norell (2005); and to Aponyctosauria by Fernandes et al. (2022).
It was reranked as the subfamily Nyctosaurinae by Williston (1903), Hay (1930), Kuhn (1946) and Kuhn (1966); it was reranked as the unranked clade Nyctosauridae by Bennett (1989) and Fernandes et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Pterosauri by Hay (1902); to Pteranodontidae by Hay (1930) and Kuhn (1946); to Ornithocheiridae by Williston (1903) and Kuhn (1966); to Pterodactyloidea by Bennett (1989); to Pterodactyloidea by Murry et al. (1991); to Dsungaripteroidea by Cai and Wei (1994) and Andres and Norell (2005); and to Aponyctosauria by Fernandes et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1902 | Nyctosauridae Hay p. 508 |
| 1903 | Nyctosaurinae Williston p. 159 |
| 1930 | Nyctosaurinae Hay p. 163 |
| 1946 | Nyctosaurinae Kuhn p. 67 |
| 1966 | Nyctosaurinae Kuhn p. 111 |
| 1989 | Nyctosauridae Bennett |
| 1991 | Nyctosauridae Murry et al. p. 167 |
| 1994 | Nyctosauridae Cai and Wei |
| 2005 | Nyctosauridae Andres and Norell pp. 3-4 fig. 3 |
| 2022 | Nyctosauridae Fernandes et al. |
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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.
Fm. †Nyctosauridae Hay 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available