Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

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

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

Current position

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

Ref: P. Wellnhofer, 1991a: 185. [indirect]

Alternative positions

†Pterodactylida (Suborder) Plieninger, 1901	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 597.
†Pterodactyloidea (Suborder) Plieninger, 1901	Ref: P. Wellnhofer, 1991a: 185.
†Pterodactyloidia (Order) Plieninger, 1901	Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 64.

Historical positions

†Pterodactyloidea (Suborder) Plieninger, 1901	Ref: P. Uetz, [1995-]1996: 30 Dec 1996.
†Pterodactyloidia (Order) Plieninger, 1901	Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 64.
†Pterodactyloidea (Suborder) Plieninger, 1901	Ref: P. Wellnhofer, 1991a: 185.
†Pterodactyloidea (Suborder) Plieninger, 1901	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 620).
†Pterodactylida (Suborder) Plieninger, 1901	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 597.

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 26 Jul 2017	[; †3g]
1991	G. Olshevsky: 64	†3g;5s
1991a	P. Wellnhofer: 185	[; †3g]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 620	[; †3g]