Classification
Pterosauria
Order
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Pterodactyloidea
Suborder
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Lophocratia
Unranked clade
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Ctenochasmatoidea
Superfamily
Fossil sites 30 geolocated sites
Distribution
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Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Albian
(113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Aptian
(121.4–113.2 Ma)
3
Barremian
(125.77–121.4 Ma)
6
Valanginian
(137.05–132.6 Ma)
1
Berriasian
(143.1–137.05 Ma)
6
Tithonian
(149.2–143.1 Ma)
6
Kimmeridgian
(154.8–149.2 Ma)
5
Oxfordian
(161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Bathonian
(168.2–165.3 Ma)
1
Synonyms (1)
Pterodactylidae
invalid subgroup of Ctenochasmatoidea
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
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