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Apomorphy-based clade: †Pterodactyloidea Plieninger 1901 [Andres & Padian 2020] (reptile)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Apomorphy-based clade Ref: B. Andres, 2021: tbl. 1 (p. 208: "Most inclusive clade ... synapomorphic with ...").

Defined by the first ancestor to possess the apomorphy as inherited by

†Pterodactylus antiquus (Sömmerring, 1812) Ref: B. Andres, 2021: tbl. 1 (p. 208).

Current position

†Caelicodracones (Clade) Andres, Clark & Xu 2014 [Andres 2021] Ref: B. Andres, 2021: tbl. 1 (p. 208); Andres, 2021: fig. 1.

Alternative positions

†Pterosauria (Clade) Owen 1842 [Andres & Padian 2020] Ref: B. Andres & K. Padian, 2020: [1205].

Historical positions

†Caelicodracones (Clade) Andres, Clark & Xu 2014 [Andres 2021] Ref: B. Andres, 2021: tbl. 1 (p. 208), fig. 1 (p. 206).
†Pterosauria (Clade) Owen 1842 [Andres & Padian 2020] Ref: B. Andres & K. Padian, 2020: [1205]-1207; xii.

Number of Subtaxa

2021 B. Andres: fig. 1 (p. 207) [; †98g]
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