Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Pterosauria - (Family) Pterodactylidae

Included, by definition, in node-based clade

†Archaeopterodactyloidea (Clade) Kellner 1996 [Kellner 2003] nom. cl. inval.		Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 118.
†Pterodactyloidea (Clade) Plieninger 1901 [Kellner 2003], nom. cl. inval.		Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 117.

Subsequent positions

†Archaeopterodactyloidea (Clade) Kellner 1996 [Kellner 2003] nom. cl. inval.

Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003a: 33.

Current position

†Pterodactylidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1838

Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 63; Paleofile[18 Jul 2026].

Alternative positions

†Archaeopterodactyloidea (Clade) Kellner 1996 [Kellner 2003] nom. cl. inval.	Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: tbl. 1 (p. 112).
†Euctenochasmatia (Clade) Unwin 2003 [Andres 2021]	Ref: B. Andres, 2021: fig. 1 (p. 206).

Historical positions

†Euctenochasmatia (Clade) Unwin 2003 [Andres 2021]	Ref: B. Andres, 2021: fig. 1 (p. 206).
†Archaeopterodactyloidea (Clade) Kellner 1996 [Kellner 2003] nom. cl. inval.	Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: tbl. 1 (p. 112).
†Pterodactylidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 63.
†Pterodactylidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: P. Wellnhofer, 1991a: 185.
†Pterodactylidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: B. Gardiner et al., 1989: 302.
†Pterodactylidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 620).
†Pterodactylidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 597.
Pterodactyla (Order)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 453. [rough position]

Number of Subtaxa

2026

Available in Systema Naturae 2000

†2s