Ctenochasmatidae
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Ctenochasmatidae is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea
Pterodactyloidea
Pterodactyloidea forms one of the two suborders of pterosaurs , and contains the most derived members of this group of flying reptiles...

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Classification

Listing of subfamilies and genera after Unwin 2006 unless otherwise noted.
  • Family Ctenochasmatidae
    Ctenochasmatidae
    Ctenochasmatidae is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea.-Classification:Listing of subfamilies and genera after Unwin 2006 unless otherwise noted.* Family Ctenochasmatidae** Elanodactylus** Gegepterus...

    • Elanodactylus
      Elanodactylus
      Elanodactylus is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China....

    • Gegepterus
      Gegepterus
      Gegepterus was a genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous-age Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China.The genus was named in 2007 by Wang Xiaolin, Alexander Kellner, Zhou Zhonge and Diogenes de Almeida Campos. The type species is Gegepterus changi...

    • Subfamily Ctenochasmatinae
      • Beipiaopterus
        Beipiaopterus
        Beipiaopterus is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation in the People's Republic of China....

      • Ctenochasma
        Ctenochasma
        Ctenochasma is a genus of Late Jurassic pterosaur belonging to the suborder pterodactyloidea. Three species are currently recognized: C. roemeri , C. taqueti, and C. elegans...

      • Eosipterus
        Eosipterus
        Eosipterus is an extinct genus of pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China.The genus was named in 1997 by Ji Shu'an and Ji Qiang. The type species is Eosipterus yangi. The genus name is derived from Greek eos, "dawn" and Greek pteron, "wing" with a Latin ending; and a grammar error:...

      • Pterodaustro
        Pterodaustro
        Pterodaustro is a genus of Cretaceous pterodactyloid pterosaur from South America, which lived 105 million years ago.-Naming:The genus was named in 1969 by José Bonaparte as an as yet undescribed nomen nudum. The first description followed in 1970, making the name valid, the type species being...

    • Subfamily Gnathosaurinae
      • Cearadactylus
        Cearadactylus
        Cearadactylus is an extinct genus of large, Early Cretaceous pterosaur from South America. The type species is Cearadactylus atrox, described and named in 1985 by Giuseppe Leonardi and Guido Borgomanero. The genus name refers to the Brazilian state Ceará and combines this with Greek daktylos,...

      • Gnathosaurus
        Gnathosaurus
        Gnathosaurus is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur known from a single species, G. subulatus, described in 1833. This pterosaur had an estimated wingspan of about 1.7 meters. The slender, 28-cm-long skull had up to 130 needle-like teeth arranged laterally around the spoon-shaped tip...

      • Huanhepterus
        Huanhepterus
        Huanhepterus is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic-age Huachihuanhe Formation of Qingyang, Gansu, China.The genus was named by Dong Zhiming in 1982. The type species is Huanhepterus quingyangensis...

      • Plataleorhynchus
        Plataleorhynchus
        Plataleorhynchus was a genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Tithonian-Berriasian-age Upper Jurassic or Lower Cretaceous Purbeck Limestone of Dorset, England....

      • "Pterodactylus" longicollum
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