Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Node-based clade		Ref: B. Andres, 2021: tbl. 1 (p. 209: "Least inclusive clade").
Reference phylogeny [PhyloCode]		Ref: B. Andres, 2021: fig. 1; 205.

Defined by the most recent common ancestor (and all its descendants) of

†Anhanguera blittersdorffi Campos & Kellner, 1985		Ref: B. Andres, 2021: tbl. 1 (p. 209).
†Istiodactylus latidens (Seeley, 1901)		Ref: B. Andres, 2021: tbl. 1 (p. 209).

Current position

†Ornithocheiromorpha (Clade) Andres, Clark & Xu 2014 [Andres 2021]

Ref: B. Andres, 2021: tbl. 1 (p. 209); Paleofile[22 Jul 2026]; Andres, 2021: fig. 1.

Alternative positions

†Ornithocheiroidea (Superfamily) Seeley, 1870

Ref: PBDB: [22 Jul 2026] (Richards et al., 2023).

Historical positions

†Ornithocheiromorpha (Clade) Andres, Clark & Xu 2014 [Andres 2021]

Ref: B. Andres, 2021: tbl. 1 (p. 209), fig. 1 (p. 207).

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†9f;45g;14s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 6 Aug 2026	[; †9f;45g]
2021	B. Andres: fig. 1 (p. 207)	[; †20g]