Classification
Pterosauria
Ordre
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Pterodactyloidea
Sous-ordre
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Pteranodontia
Clade non classé
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Ornithocheiroidea
Superfamille
Sites de découverte 118 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
Formations géologiques
Distribution temporelle
Maastrichtien
(72.2–66 Ma)
1
Campanien
(83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Cénomanien
(100.5–93.9 Ma)
27
Albien
(113.2–100.5 Ma)
29
Aptien
(121.4–113.2 Ma)
29
Barrémien
(125.77–121.4 Ma)
21
Hauterivien
(132.6–125.77 Ma)
4
Valanginien
(137.05–132.6 Ma)
4
Kimméridgien
(154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Oxfordian
(161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Bibliographie
Description originale
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