Quetzalcoatlus

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Azhdarchoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Superordo: † Pterosauromorpha
Ordo: †Pterosauria
Subordo: †Pterodactyloidea
Superfamilia: †Azhdarchoidea

Familia: †Azhdarchidae
Genera (12): Alanqa – Aralazhdarcho – Arambourgiania – Azhdarcho – Bakonydraco – Eurazhdarcho – Hatzegopteryx – Montanazhdarcho – Navajodactylus – Phosphatodraco – Quetzalcoatlus – Zhejiangopterus

Name edit

Azhdarchidae Nessov, 1984

References edit

  • Averianov, A. 2014: Review of taxonomy, geographic distribution, and paleoenvironments of Azhdarchidae (Pterosauria). ZooKeys, 432: 1–107. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.432.7913 Reference page
  • Nessov, L.A. 1984. Upper Cretaceous pterosaurs and birds from central Asia. Paleontological Journal 1984(1):38-49
  • O'Connor, P.M. ; J.J.W. Sertich & F.K. Manthi, 2011: A pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Lapurr sandstone, West Turkana, Kenya. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 83 (1): 309–315. Abstract and full article: DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652011000100019.

Vernacular names edit

English: Azhdarchidae