Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Node-based clade		Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 117. [implicit]
Reference phylogeny [PhyloCode]		Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: fig. 1. [implicit]

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

†Pterodactylus (Genus) Rafinesque, 1815		Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 117.
†Quetzalcoatlus (Genus) Lawson, 1975, nom. cons.		Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 117.

Apomorphy-based clade

†Pterodactyloidea (Clade) Plieninger 1901 [Kellner 2003], nom. cl. inval.

Ref: K. Padian, 2004: 27.

Original position

†Novialoidea (Clade) Kellner 2003 nom. cl. inval.

Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: tbl. 1 (p. 112).

Current position

†Novialoidea (Clade) Kellner 2003 nom. cl. inval.

Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: tbl. 1 (p. 112). [new position]

Alternative positions

†Pterosauria (Clade) Owen 1842 [Sereno 1991], nom. cl. inval.

Ref: K. Padian, 2004: 27. [emended diagnosis]

Historical positions

†Pterosauria (Clade) Owen 1842 [Sereno 1991], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: K. Padian, 2004: 27. [emended diagnosis]
†Novialoidea (Clade) Kellner 2003 nom. cl. inval.	Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 117-118, tbl. 1 (p. 112), fig. 1. [new position]