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Scaphognathidae

Rhamphorhynchidae
Temporal range: Early-Late Jurassic, 180–148.5 Ma
Rhamphorhynchus muensteri cast.jpg
Fossil specimen of Rhamphorhynchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Clade: Breviquartossa
Superfamily: Rhamphorhynchoidea
Seeley, 1870
Family: Rhamphorhynchidae
Seeley, 1870
Type species
Pterodactylus longicaudus
Münster, 1839
Subgroups
Synonyms

Scaphognathidae Hooley, 1913


Scaphognathidae Hooley, 1913

Rhamphorhynchidae is a group of early "rhamphorhynchoid" pterosaurs named after Rhamphorhynchus, that lived in the Late Jurassic. The family Rhamphorhynchidae was named in 1870 by Harry Govier Seeley.

The cladogram (family tree) of rhamphorhynchids below is the result of a large phylogenetic analysis published by Andres & Myers in 2013.

Scaphognathus crassirostris

Dorygnathus banthensis

Cacibupteryx caribensis

Nesodactylus hesperius

Rhamphorhynchus muensteri

Harpactognathus gentryii

Angustinaripterus longicephalus

Sericipterus wucaiwanensis



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