Unranked clade
Valid Extinct

Mimodactylidae

Kellner et al. 2019

Mimodactylidae is a group or family of pterosaurs known from Cretaceous deposits in East Asia and the Middle East. They are phylogenetically more closely related to the Istiodactylidae than to the Ornithocheiridae or the Anhangueridae, forming the clade Istiodactyliformes together with the Istiodactylidae and Hongshanopterus.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Mimodactylidae
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Mimodactylus libanensis gen. et sp. nov. (a) Photo and drawing of the complete specimen. (b) Close up of scapula and coracoid. (c) Detail of the wrist, showing the relation of the pteroid and the carpus. (d) Detail of the humerus. Scale-bars, a: 50 mm; b-d: 10 mm. Abbreviations. car: carpus; cdv: caudal vertebrae; cor: coracoid; cra: cranium; cs: cristospine; cv: cervical vertebrae; d: dentary; dcar: distal carpals; dpc: deltopectoral crest; dri: dorsal ribs; dv: dorsal vertebrae; fe: femur; hu: humerus; man: mandible; mcI-III: first to third metacarpals; mcIV: wing metacarpal; mtar: metatarsals; pcar: proximal carpals; ph1d4: first wing phalanx; ph2d4: second wing phalanx; ph3d4: third wing phalanx; ph4d4: fourth wing phalanx; ppu: prepubis; ptd: pteroid; ra: radius; sca: scapula; sri: sacral ribs; stp: sternal plate; sym: mandibular symphysis; tar: tarsus; te: teeth; ti: tibia; ul: ulna; the abbreviations ‘l’ and ‘r’ represents respectively left and right. © Special thanks to Hugo Salais-López (Metazoa Studio) for the outlines used in the figures. Published by Alexander W. A. Kellner, Michael W. Caldwell, Borja Holgado, Fabio M. Dalla Vecchia, Roy Nohra, Juliana M. Sayão & Philip J. Currie. · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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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
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Mimodactylidae Unranked clade
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
🇱🇧 Lebanon
1
Geological formations
Yixian
1
Sannine Limestone
1
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Barremian (125.77–121.4 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 (2)
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 ↗
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