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Atlantis536 — Cladogram of Pteranodontoidea
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Published: 2022-10-16 08:00:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 2069; Favourites: 6; Downloads: 5
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This cladogram is speculative, but it is mostly in line with scientific studies mixed in with my own opinion; no actual phylogenetic analysis was undertaken. Feel free to comment or suggest changes, but be aware that I may reject or modify your suggestions.Definitions for clade names:
Pteranodontoidea - Pteranodon longiceps <- Tapejara wellnhoferi
Pteranodontia - Nyctosaurus gracilis + Pteranodon longiceps
Pteranodontidae - Pteranodon longiceps <- Nyctosaurus gracilis
Nyctosauromorpha - Nyctosaurus gracilis <- Pteranodon longiceps
Aponyctosauria - Alcione elainus + Nyctosaurus gracilis
Nyctosauridae - Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis + Nyctosaurus gracilis
Ornithocheiromorpha - Ornithocheirus simus <- Pteranodon longiceps
Lonchodectidae - Lonchodectes compressirostris <- Istiodactylus latidens
Lanceodontia - Anhanguera blittersdorffi + Istiodactylus latidens
Istiodactyliformes - Istiodactylus latidens <- Anhanguera blittersdorffi
Lonchodraconidae - Lonchodraco giganteus <- Anhanguera blittersdorffi, Istiodactylus latidens, Lonchodectes compressirostris
Mimodactylidae - Mimodactylus libanensis <- Anhanguera blittersdorffi, Ikrandraco avatar, Istiodactylus latidens
Istiodactylidae - Istiodactylus latidens <- Lonchodraco giganteus, Mimodactylus libanensis
Istiodactylinae - Istiodactylus latidens <- Nurhachius ignaciobritoi
Ornithocheiriformes - Ornithocheirus simus <- Istiodactylus latidens
Boreopteridae - Boreopterus cuiae + Zhenyuanopterus longirostris
Ornithocheirae - Anhanguera blittersdorffi + Ornithocheirus simus
Targaryendraconia - Targaryendraco wiedenrothi <- Anhanguera blittersdorffi
Targaryendraconidae - Targaryendraco wiedenrothi <- Cimoliopterus cuvieri
Cimoliopteridae - Cimoliopterus cuvieri <- Targaryendraco wiedenrothi
Anhangueria - Anhanguera blittersdorffi <- Cimoliopterus cuvieri, Istiodactylus latidens
Hamipteridae - Hamipterus tianshanensis <- Anhanguera blittersdorffi, Coloborhynchus clavirostris, Ludodactylus sibbicki
Anhangueridae - Anhanguera blittersdorffi <- Hamipterus tianshanensis, Ornithocheirus simus
Tropeognathinae - Tropeognathus mesembrinus <- Anhanguera blittersdorffi, Coloborhynchus clavirostris
Mythungini - Mythunga camara <- Amblydectes crassidens, Siroccopteryx moroccensis, Tropeognathus mesembrinus
Tropeognathini - Tropeognathus mesembrinus <- Mythunga camara
Coloborhynchinae - Coloborhynchus clavirostris <- Anhanguera blittersdorffi, Ludodactylus sibbicki
Anhanguerinae - Anhanguera blittersdorffi <- Coloborhynchus clavirostris
Anhanguerini - Anhanguera blittersdorffi <- Cearadactylus atrox, Ludodactylus sibbicki
Please note that the above names and/or definitions are not meant to constitute nomenclatural or definitional acts.
Sources for cladogram include but are not limited to:
Longrich et al. (2018). "Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary"
Richards et al. (2021). "A new species of crested pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea, Anhangueridae) from the Lower Cretaceous (upper Albian) of Richmond, North West Queensland, Australia"
Xu et al. (2022). "A new istiodactylid pterosaur, Lingyuanopterus camposi gen. et sp. nov., from the Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China"
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