Germanodactylidae
| Germanodactylids | |
|---|---|
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| Fossil specimen of Germanodactylus cristatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Clade: | †Caelidracones |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Infraorder: | †Archaeopterodactyloidea |
| Family: | †Germanodactylidae Yang, 1964 |
| Type species | |
| Pterodactylus cristatus Wiman, 1925 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Tendaguripteridae Kellner, 2007 | |
Germanodactylidae is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. While its exact placement and content are controversial, studies performed in the 2000s have suggested it contains three genera: Germanodactylus, Normannognathus and Tendaguripterus. Various studies have placed the group within the larger clades Archaeopterodactyloidea or Dsungaripteroidea,[1] though it has also been recovered within the Ctenochasmatoidea.[2]
References
- ↑ Fastnacht, M. (2005). "The first dsungaripterid pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian of Germany and the biomechanics of pterosaur long bones." Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 50 (2): 273–288.
- ↑ Lu J. and Ji Q. (2006). "Preliminary results of a phylogenetic analysis of the pterosaurs from western Liaoning and surrounding areas." Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea, 22(1): 239-261.
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