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Monophyletic taxon: Family †Ornithocheiridae Seeley, 1870 (reptile)

Entity:

Authorship

SN2000 author citation

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(Seeley, 1870)

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]	:	†*Ornithocheirinae* (Subfamily) Seeley, 1870		Ref: B. Grzimek et al. (eds.), 1973 (1971): 597. [inferred]
Type	:	†*Ornithocheirus* (Genus) Seeley, 1869		Ref: P. Wellnhofer, 1991a: 185. [inferred]

Variants

Preferred clade-based name	:	†*Ornithocheiridae* (Clade) Zittel 1890 [Andres 2021] nom. cl. inval.		Ref: B. Andres, 2021: tbl. 1 (p. 209); 25 Jul 2026. [inferred]
Preferred clade-based name	:	†*Ornithocheiridae* (Clade) Burckhardt 1896 [Pêgas 2025]		Ref: 2020-present: [31 Jul 2026]; 31 Jul 2026. [inferred]
Former rank	:	†*Ornithocheirinae* (Subfamily) Seeley, 1870		Ref: P. Wellnhofer, 1991a [inferred]

Synonyms

Synonymous name (objective)

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†Criorhynchidae (Family) Hooley, 1914, nom. illeg.

Ref: T. Rodrigues & A.W.A. Kellner, 2013: 17; 22.

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