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Ornithocheiromorpha

Ornithocheiromorphs
Temporal range: Early-Late Cretaceous, 140–94 Ma
Tropeognathus mesembrinus MN 01.jpg
Reconstructed skeleton of Tropeognathus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Clade: Pteranodontoidea
Clade: Ornithocheiromorpha
Andres et al.,, 2014
Subgroups

Ornithocheiromorpha is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea.

The Ornithocheiromorpha was defined in 2014 by Andres and colleagues. They made Ornithocheiromorpha the most inclusive clade containing Ornithocheirus but not Pteranodon.

Below is a cladogram showing the results of a phylogenetic analysis presented by Andres & Myers, 2014.

Pteranodon

Hongshanopterus

Lonchodectes

Istiodactylidae

Boreopteridae

Cearadactylus

Brasileodactylus

Ludodactylus

Anhangueridae

 Ornithocheiridae



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