Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Branch-based clade		Ref: B. Andres, 2021: tbl. 1 (p. 208: "Least inclusive clade ... but not ...").
Reference phylogeny [PhyloCode]		Ref: B. Andres, 2021: fig. 1; 205.

Defined by included taxon (and all taxa more closely related to it than to the excluded taxon)

†Pteranodon longiceps Marsh, 1876

Ref: B. Andres, 2021: tbl. 1 (p. 208).

Defined by excluded taxon

†Pterodactylus antiquus (Sömmerring, 1812)

Ref: B. Andres, 2021: tbl. 1 (p. 208).

Current position

†Lophocratia (Clade) Unwin 2003 [Andres 2021]

Ref: B. Andres, 2021: tbl. 1 (p. 208); Andres, 2021: fig. 1.

Historical positions

†Lophocratia (Clade) Unwin 2003 [Andres 2021]

Ref: B. Andres, 2021: tbl. 1 (p. 208), fig. 1 (p. 206).

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†19f;132g;37s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 9 Aug 2026	[; †19f;132g]
2021	B. Andres: fig. 1 (p. 207)	[; †78g]