Rhamphorhynchidae Temporal range: Early-Late Jurassic, 180–148.5 Ma |
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Fossil specimen of Rhamphorhynchus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Clade: | †Breviquartossa |
Superfamily: |
†Rhamphorhynchoidea Seeley, 1870 |
Family: |
†Rhamphorhynchidae Seeley, 1870 |
Type species | |
†Pterodactylus longicaudus Münster, 1839 |
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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.
Angustinaripterus longicephalus