Unranked clade
Valid Extinct

Istiodactyliformes

Kellner et al. 2019

Ornithocheiromorpha is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. Fossil remains of this group date back from the Early to Late Cretaceous periods, around 140 to 92.5 million years ago. Ornithocheiromorphs have been discovered worldwide except Antarctica, though most genera have been recovered in Europe, Asia and South America. They were the most diverse and successful pterosaurs during the Early Cretaceous, but throughout the Late Cretaceous they were replaced by pteranodontians and azhdarchoids. The Ornithocheiromorpha was defined in 2014 by Andres and colleagues, and they made Ornithocheiromorpha the most inclusive clade containing Ornithocheirus, but not Pteranodon.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
11
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Istiodactyliformes
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Pteranodontia Unranked clade
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Ornithocheiroidea Superfamily
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Lanceodontia Unranked clade
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Istiodactyliformes Unranked clade
Fossil sites 11 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
4
🇪🇸 Spain
3
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
2
🇷🇺 Russia
1
🇱🇧 Lebanon
1
Geological formations
Wessex
2
Jiufotang
2
Tiaojishan
1
Blesa
1
La Huérguina
1
Camarillas
1
Ilek
1
Yixian
1
Sannine Limestone
1
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
3
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
6
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
A. W. A. Kellner, M. W. Caldwell, and B. Holgado, F. M. Dalla Vecchia, R. Nohra, J. M. Sayão, P. J. Currie. 2019. First complete pterosaur from the Afro-Arabian continent: insight into pterodactyloid diversity. Scientific Reports 9:17875:1-9 DOI ↗
Bibliography (10)
A. W. A. Kellner, M. W. Caldwell, and B. Holgado, F. M. Dalla Vecchia, R. Nohra, J. M. Sayão, P. J. Currie. 2019. First complete pterosaur from the Afro-Arabian continent: insight into pterodactyloid diversity. Scientific Reports 9:17875:1-9 DOI ↗
A. Averianov, A. Lopatin, and P. Skutschas, S. Leschinsky. 2015. Two new mammal localities within the Lower Cretaceous Ilek Formation of West Siberia, Russia. Geobios 48:131-136 DOI ↗
J. I. Canudo, J. M. Gasca, and M. Aurell, A. Badiola, H.-A. Blain, P. Cruzado-Caballero, D. Gómez-Fernández, M. Moreno-Azanza, J. Parrilla, R. Rabal-Garcés, J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca. 2010. La Cantalera: an exceptional window onto the vertebrate biodiversity of the Hauterivian-Barremian transition in the Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Iberian Geology 36(2):205-224 DOI ↗
J. Lü and X. Fucha. 2010. A new pterosaur (Pterosauria) from Middle Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of western Liaoning, China. Global Geology 13:113-118 DOI ↗
S. C. Sweetman and D. M. Martill. 2010. Pterosaurs of the Wessex Formation (Earl Cretaceous, Barremian) of the Isle of Wight, southern England: a review with new data. Journal of Iberian Geology 36(2):225-242 DOI ↗
R. Vullo, Á. D. Buscalioni, and J. Marugán-Lobón, J. J. Moratalla. 2009. First pterosaur remains from the Early Cretaceous Lagerstätte of Las Hoyas, Spain: palaeoecological significance. Geological Magazine 146:931-936 DOI ↗
X. Wang, D. A. Campos, and Z. Zhou, A. W. A. Kellner. 2008. A primitive istiodactylid pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) from the Jiufotang Formation (Early Cretaceous), northeast China. Zootaxa 1813:1-18 DOI ↗
B. Sánchez-Hernández, M. J. Benton, and D. Naish. 2007. Dinosaurs and other fossil vertebrates from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of the Galve area, NE Spain. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 249:180-215 DOI ↗
Z. Dong and J. Lü. 2005. A new ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province. Acta Geologica Sinica 79(2):164-167
X. Wang and J. Lü. 2001. Discovery of a pterodactylid pterosaur from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. Chinese Science Bulletin 46:1112-1117