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Taxon:
Suborder †
Pterodactyloidea
Plieninger, 1901
(reptile)
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†Pterosauria (Order) - pterosaurs
..[†Aidacharidae] (Family)
..†Austriadraconidae (Family)
..†Daohugoupterus (Genus)
..†Eopterosauria (Clade)
..†Eotephradactylus (Genus)
..[†Laopteryx] (Genus)
..†Macronychoptera (Clade)
..[†Pterodactylida] (Suborder)
..[†Rhamphorhynchida] (Suborder)
..†Samrukia (Genus)
..†Seazzadactylus (Genus)
..[†Pterodactyloidea] (Suborder)
....[†Archaeopterodactyloidea] (Superfamily)
....[†Azhdarchoidea] (Superfamily)
....[†Belonochasmatidae] (Family)
....[†Cearadactylidae] (Family)
....[†Criorhynchidae] (Family)
....[†Eupterodactyloidea] (Infraorder)
....[†Ornithodesmidae] (Family)
....[†Pteranodontoidea] (Superfamily)
....[†Pterodaustridae] (Family)
....[†Pterodaustriidae] (Family)
....[†Saraikisauridae] (Family)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
F. Plieninger, 1901
Questionably
Original rank
:
Questionably
Original spelling
:
Types
Type
:
†
Pterodactylus
(Genus)
Rafinesque, 1815
Ref:
P. Wellnhofer, 1991a
: 185; 26 Jul 2017.
[inferred]
Variants
Alternative clade-based name
:
†
Pterodactyloidea
(Clade)
Plieninger 1901 [Andres & Padian 2020]
Ref:
M.J. Benton, 2015
: 440.
[inferred]
Preferred clade-based name
:
†
Pterodactyloidea
(Clade)
Plieninger 1901 [Andres & Padian 2020]
Ref:
B. Andres & K. Padian, 2020
: [1205]; 5 Oct 2025.
[inferred]
Preferred clade-based name
:
†
Pterodactyloidea
(Clade)
Plieninger 1901 [Kellner 2003], nom. cl. inval.
Ref:
A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b
: tbl. 1 (p. 112); 5 Oct 2025.
[inferred]
Current rank
:
†
Pterodactyloidea
(Infraorder)
Plieninger, 1901
Ref:
T.L. Ford, 2005-present
: [17 Jul 2026]; 17 Jul 2026.
[inferred]
Current rank
:
†
Pterodactyloidia
(Order)
Plieninger, 1901
Ref:
G. Olshevsky, 1991
: 62; 29 Oct 2025.
[inferred]
Former rank
:
†
Pterodactyloidia
(Order)
Plieninger, 1901
Ref:
M.J. Benton, 2015
: 440; 3 Nov 2025.
[inferred]
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
†
Pterodactylida
(Suborder)
Plieninger, 1901
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