Ornithocheiridae

Ornithocheirids Temporal range: Early-Late Cretaceous, 130–75 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Restored skeleton of Tropeognathus mesembrinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
Clade:	†Ornithocheirae
Family:	†Ornithocheiridae Seeley, 1870
Type species
†Pterodactylus simus Owen, 1861
Genera
†Coloborhynchus †Ornithocheirus †Tropeognathus †Siroccopteryx?^[1] †Arthurdactylus? †Barbosania? †Caulkicephalus? †Uktenadactylus?

Ornithocheiridae is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. They were among the last pterosaurs to possess teeth.

References

↑ Rodrigues, T. and Kellner, A.W.A. (2008). "Review of the pterodactyloid pterosaur Colobrohynchus." Pp. 219–228 in: Hone, D.W.E. and Buffetaut, E. (eds), Flugsaurier: pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer. Zitteliana B, 28.

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