Timeline showing the development of the extinct reptilian order Pterosauria from its appearance in the late

Triassic The Triassic ( ) is a geologic period and system (stratigraphy), system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago (Year#Abbreviations yr and ya, Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.36 ...

period to its demise at the end of the

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...

, together with an alphabetical listing of

pterosaur Pterosaurs (; from Greek ''pteron'' and ''sauros'', meaning "wing lizard") is an extinct clade of flying reptiles in the order, Pterosauria. They existed during most of the Mesozoic: from the Late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous (228 ...

species and their geological ages.

Timeline

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Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of ...

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Eudimorphodon ''Eudimorphodon'' was a pterosaur that was discovered in 1973 by Mario Pandolfi in the town of Cene, Italy and described the same year by Rocco Zambelli. The nearly complete skeleton was retrieved from shale deposited during the Late Triassic (m ...

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Austriadactylus cristatus ''Austriadactylus'' is a genus of "rhamphorhynchoid" pterosaur. The fossil remains were unearthed in Late Triassic (middle Norian ageBarrett, P. M., Butler, R. J., Edwards, N. P., & Milner, A. R. (2008). Pterosaur distribution in time and space: ...

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Eudimorphodon ranzii ''Eudimorphodon'' was a pterosaur that was discovered in 1973 by Mario Pandolfi in the town of Cene, Italy and described the same year by Rocco Zambelli. The nearly complete skeleton was retrieved from shale deposited during the Late Triassic (m ...

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Preondactylus buffarinii ''Preondactylus'' is a genus of long-tailed pterosaurs from the Late Triassic (late Norian)Barrett, P. M., Butler, R. J., Edwards, N. P., & Milner, A. R. (2008). Pterosaur distribution in time and space: an atlas. ''Zitteliana'', 61-107/ref> that ...

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Caviramus schesaplanensis ''Caviramus'' is a genus of caviramid pterosaur from the Late Triassic (early Rhaetian-age) lower Kössen Formation of the Northern Calcareous Alps of Switzerland. The genus was in 2006 named by Nadia Fröbisch and Jörg Fröbisch. The type ...

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Rhamphinion jenkinsi ''Rhamphinion'' (meaning "beak nape"; Greek ''rhamphos'', "beak" is a common part of "rhamphorhynchoid" names, and the remains of this animal came from the rear of the skull, i.e. "nape" or ''inion'') is a genus of pterosaurs from the Sinemurian ...

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Campylognathoides ''Campylognathoides'' ("curved jaw", Strand 1928) is an extinct genus of pterosaur discovered in the Württemberg Lias deposits (dated to the early Toarcian ageBarrett, P. M., Butler, R. J., Edwards, N. P., & Milner, A. R. (2008). "Pterosaur dis ...

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Dorygnathus banthensis ''Dorygnathus'' ("spear jaw") was a genus of rhamphorhynchid pterosaur that lived in Europe during the Early Jurassic period, when shallow seas flooded much of the continent. It had a short () wingspan, and a relatively small triangular sternum, ...

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Rhamphorhynchus ''Rhamphorhynchus'' (, from Ancient Greek ''rhamphos'' meaning "beak" and ''rhynchus'' meaning "snout") is a genus of long-tailed pterosaurs in the Jurassic period. Less specialized than contemporary, short-tailed pterodactyloid pterosaurs such ...

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Huanhepterus quingyangensis ''Huanhepterus'' is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period of what is now Qingyang, Gansu, China. History The genus was named by Dong Zhiming in 1982. The type species is ''Huanhepterus quin ...

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Batrachognathus volans ''Batrachognathus'' is an extinct genus of anurognathid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic ( Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian) Karabastau Formation of the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan. The genus was named in 1948 by the Russian paleontologist A ...

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Nesodactylus hesperius ''Nesodactylus'' was a genus of rhamphorhynchid pterosaur from the middle-late Oxfordian ageDe la Fuente, M. S., & Iturralde-Vinent, M. (2001). A new pleurodiran turtle from the Jagua Formation (Oxfordian) of western Cuba. Journal Information, ...

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Germanodactylus ''Germanodactylus'' ("German finger") is a genus of germanodactylid pterodactyloid pterosaur from Upper Jurassic-age rocks of Germany, including the Solnhofen Limestone. Its specimens were long thought to pertain to ''Pterodactylus''. The head ...

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Normannognathus wellnhoferi ''Normannognathus'' is a genus of pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian-age Upper Jurassic Argiles d'Octeville Formation of France. Initially, ''Normannognathus'' was classified to the family Germanodactylidae, sister taxon to ''Germanodactylus'', ...

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Rhamphorhynchus muensteri ''Rhamphorhynchus'' (, from Ancient Greek ''rhamphos'' meaning "beak" and ''rhynchus'' meaning "snout") is a genus of long-tailed pterosaurs in the Jurassic period. Less specialized than contemporary, short-tailed pterodactyloid pterosaurs such ...

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Pterodactylus longicollum ''Ardeadactylus'' (from ''Ardea'' – meaning " heron", and also a name of a genus of herons – and ''dactylus'', meaning "finger") is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatoid pterosaur known from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen limestone of Bavaria, ...

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Germanodactylus rhamphastinus ''Altmuehlopterus'' (meaning "Altmühl River wing") is a genus of pterosaur belonging to the Pterodactyloidea. It lived in the Late Jurassic of what is now Germany. It was formerly known as "Daitingopterus" (meaning " Daiting Wing"), a '' nomen n ...

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Pterodactylus antiquus ''Pterodactylus'' (from Greek () meaning 'winged finger') is an extinct genus of pterosaurs. It is thought to contain only a single species, ''Pterodactylus antiquus'', which was the first pterosaur to be named and identified as a flying rept ...

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Anurognathus ammoni ''Anurognathus'' is a genus of small pterosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic period (Tithonian stage). ''Anurognathus'' was first named and described by Ludwig Döderlein in 1923.Döderlein, L. (1923). "''Anurognathus Ammoni'', ein neuer ...

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Scaphognathus crassirostris ''Scaphognathus'' was a pterosaur that lived around Germany during the Late Jurassic. It had a wingspan of 0.9 m (3 ft). Naming The first known ''Scaphognathus'' specimen was described in 1831 by August Goldfuss who mistook the taill ...

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Gnathosaurus subulatus ''Gnathosaurus'' (meaning "jawed lizard") is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur containing two species: ''G. subulatus'', named in 1833 from the Solnhofen Limestone of Germany, and ''G. macrurus'', known from the Purbeck Limestone of the UK. I ...

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Germanodactylus cristatus ''Germanodactylus'' ("German finger") is a genus of germanodactylid pterodactyloid pterosaur from Upper Jurassic-age rocks of Germany, including the Solnhofen Limestone. Its specimens were long thought to pertain to ''Pterodactylus''. The head ...

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Herbstosaurus pigmaeus ''Herbstosaurus'' is the name given to a genus of pterosaurs that lived during the Late Jurassic period, in what is now Argentina. In 1969 Argentine paleobotanist Rafael Herbst in the province Neuquén at Picun Leufú dug up a piece of sandsto ...

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Domeykodactylus ceciliae ''Domeykodactylus'' is an extinct genus of dsungaripterid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian-Albian)-age Santa Ana Formation at Quebrada de la Carreta in Antofagasta, Chile. Discovery and naming The genus was named in 2000 by Da ...

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Dsungaripterus weii ''Dsungaripterus'' is a genus of dsungaripterid pterosaur with an average wingspan of . ''Dsungaripterus'' lived during the Early Cretaceous in what is now China, and its first fossil was found in the Junggar Basin. Description ''Dsungaript ...

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Noripterus complicidens ''Noripterus'' (meaning "lake wing" from Mongolian ''nuur'', "lake" and Greek ''pteron'', "wing") is a genus of dsungaripterid pterodactyloid pterosaur from Lower Cretaceous-age Lianmuqin Formation in the Junggar Basin of Xinjiang, China. It wa ...

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Ornithocheirus ''Ornithocheirus'' (from Ancient Greek "ὄρνις", meaning ''bird'', and "χεῖρ", meaning ''hand'') is a pterosaur genus known from fragmentary fossil remains uncovered from sediments in the UK and possibly Morocco. Several species have ...

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Caulkicephalus trimicrodon ''Caulkicephalus'' is a genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Isle of Wight off the coast of England. It lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 130 million years ago. Discovery and naming Between 1995 and 2003, bone fragments of an u ...

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Dendrorhynchoides curvidentatus ''Dendrorhynchoides'' was a genus of anurognathid pterosaur containing only the holotype species ''D. curvidentatus'' that is known from the Middle Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of Qinglong, northern Hebei Province, China. The genus was first n ...

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Feilongus youngi ''Feilongus'' is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian–Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Beipiao, Liaoning, China. Discovery and naming The genus was named and described in 2005 by Wang X ...

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Cathayopterus grabaui ''Cathayopterus'' is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous-age Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China. The name means "China wing", using the word "Cathay" as an old alternative name for China. The type species is ' ...

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Boreopterus cuiae ''Boreopterus'' is a genus of boreopterid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian-Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Dalian, Liaoning, China. Etymology ''Boreopterus'' was named in 2005 by Lü Junchang and Ji Qiang. The type s ...

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Liaoningopterus gui ''Liaoningopterus'', sometimes misspelled as "Liaoningopteryx", was a genus of anhanguerid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian-Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. The genus was named in 2003 by ...

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Liaoxipterus brachyognathus ''Liaoxipterus'' is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian-Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. The type species is ''Liaoxipterus brachyognathus''. The genus name is derived from the disc ...

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Nemicolopterus crypticus ''Nemicolopterus'' is a genus of tapejaromorph pterosaur, based on a very small specimen described as pterosaur size, the smallest known "adult" pterosaur to date. It lived in the Jehol Biota 120 million years ago. Discovery and naming The Genu ...

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Lonchognathosaurus acutirostris ''Lonchognathosaurus'' is a genus of dsungaripterid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Albian-age Lower Cretaceous Lianmuqin Formation of Xinjiang, China. The genus was named in 2004 by Michael Maisch, Andreas Matzke and Sun Ge. The type speci ...

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Pterodaustro guinazui ''Pterodaustro'' is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from South America. Its fossil remains dated back to the Early Cretaceous period, about 105 million years ago. The most distinctive characteristic that separates ''Pterodaus ...

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Anhanguera blittersdorffi ''Anhanguera'' () is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Early Cretaceous (Albian age, 125 to 112 million years ago) Romualdo Formation of Brazil and the Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian age, 98 to 92.5 million years ago) Kem Kem Grou ...

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Anhanguera santanae ''Anhanguera'' () is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Early Cretaceous (Albian age, 125 to 112 million years ago) Romualdo Formation of Brazil and the Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian age, 98 to 92.5 million years ago) Kem Kem Grou ...

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Brasileodactylus araripensis ''Brasileodactylus'' a genus of pterosaur from the Aptian-age (Early Cretaceous period) lower Santana formation of Chapada do Araripe, Ceará, Brazil. The genus was named by paleontologist Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner in 1984. The genus name ...

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Cearadactylus atrox ''Cearadactylus'' is a genus of large anhanguerid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Romualdo Formation of Brazil, South America. Fossil remains of ''Cearadactylus'' dated back to the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous period, about 112 million ...

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Tapejara wellnhoferi ''Tapejara'' (from a Tupi word meaning "the old being") is a genus of Brazilian pterosaur from the Cretaceous Period (Santana Formation, dating to about 127 to 112 million years ago). ''Tapejara'' crests consisted of a semicircular crest over t ...

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Thalassodromeus sethi ''Thalassodromeus'' is a genus of pterosaur that lived in what is now Brazil during the Early Cretaceous period, about a hundred million years ago. The original skull, discovered in 1983 in the Araripe Basin of northeastern Brazil, was collect ...

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Coloborhynchus ''Coloborhynchus'' is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur belonging to the family Anhangueridae, though it has also been recovered as a member of the Ornithocheiridae in some studies. ''Coloborhynchus'' is known from the Lower Cretaceous of Engl ...

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Azhdarcho lancicollis ''Azhdarcho'' is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur from the late Cretaceous Period of the Bissekty Formation (middle Turonian stage, about 92 million years ago) of Uzbekistan, as well as the Zhirkindek Formation of Kazakhstan. It is known from ...

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Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis ''Muzquizopteryx'' is a genus of nyctosaurid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period (early Coniacian stage) of what is now Coahuila, Mexico. Discovery and naming In the 1990s, José Martínez Vásquez, a worker at the chalk ...

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Pteranodon sternbergi ''Geosternbergia'' is an extinct genus of pteranodontid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous geological period of North America. ''Geosternbergia'' was one of the largest pterosaur genera, and had a wingspan of up to . Discovery a ...

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Azhdarcho ''Azhdarcho'' is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur from the late Cretaceous Period of the Bissekty Formation (middle Turonian stage, about 92 million years ago) of Uzbekistan, as well as the Zhirkindek Formation of Kazakhstan. It is known from ...

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Aralazhdarcho bostobensis ''Aralazhdarcho'' is a genus of Azhdarchidae, azhdarchid pterosaur from the Santonian to the Campanian, early Campanian stages of the Late Cretaceous period of Bostobe Svita in Kazakhstan. The type species, type and only known species is ''Aralaz ...

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Pteranodon longiceps ''Pteranodon'' (); from Ancient Greek (''pteron'', "wing") and (''anodon'', "toothless") is a genus of pterosaur that included some of the largest known flying reptiles, with ''P. longiceps'' having a wingspan of . They lived during the late Cr ...

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Nyctosaurus gracilis ''Nyctosaurus'' (meaning "night lizard" or "bat lizard") is a genus of nyctosaurid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period of what is now the Niobrara Formation of the mid-western United States, which, during the time ''Nyctosaurus'' was aliv ...

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Phosphatodraco mauritanicus ''Phosphatodraco'' is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous of what is now Morocco. In 2000, a pterosaur specimen consisting of five cervical (neck) vertebrae was discovered in the Ouled Abdoun Phosphatic Basi ...

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Nyctosaurus lamegoi ''Nyctosaurus'' (meaning "night lizard" or "bat lizard") is a genus of nyctosaurid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period of what is now the Niobrara Formation of the mid-western United States, which, during the time ''Nyctosaurus'' was aliv ...

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Hatzegopteryx thambema ''Hatzegopteryx'' ("Hațeg basin wing") is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur found in the late Maastrichtian deposits of the Densuş Ciula Formation, an outcropping in Transylvania, Romania. It is known only from the type species, ''Hatzegoptery ...

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* ''Angustinarhipterus longicephalus'':

Bathonian In the geologic timescale the Bathonian is an age and stage of the Middle Jurassic. It lasted from approximately 168.3 Ma to around 166.1 Ma (million years ago). The Bathonian Age succeeds the Bajocian Age and precedes the Callovian Age. Str ...

Callovian In the geologic timescale, the Callovian is an age and stage in the Middle Jurassic, lasting between 166.1 ± 4.0 Ma (million years ago) and 163.5 ± 4.0 Ma. It is the last stage of the Middle Jurassic, following the Bathonian and preceding the ...

* ''

Anhanguera Anhanguera may refer to: People * Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva (1672–1740), a bandeirante Places in Brazil * Anhanguera, Goiás, a municipality in the state of Goiás * Anhanguera (district of São Paulo), a district in São Paulo * Parque Anhan ...

blittersdorffi'': Aptian-

Albian The Albian is both an age of the geologic timescale and a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is the youngest or uppermost subdivision of the Early/Lower Cretaceous Epoch/ Series. Its approximate time range is 113.0 ± 1.0 Ma to 100.5 ± 0 ...

* ''Anhanguera cuvieri'': Albian * ''Anhanguera cuvieri'': Cenomanian-

Turonian The Turonian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the second age in the Late Cretaceous Epoch, or a stage in the Upper Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 93.9 ± 0.8 Ma and 89.8 ± 1 Ma (million years ago). The Turonian is preceded b ...

* ''Anhanguera cuvieri'': Late Albian * ''Anhanguera fittoni'': late Albian * ''Anhanguera santanae'': Aptian-Albian * ''

Anurognathus ''Anurognathus'' is a genus of small pterosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic period ( Tithonian stage). ''Anurognathus'' was first named and described by Ludwig Döderlein in 1923.Döderlein, L. (1923). "''Anurognathus Ammoni'', ein neue ...

ammoni'': Tithonian * ''

Aralazhdarcho ''Aralazhdarcho'' is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur from the Santonian to the early Campanian stages of the Late Cretaceous period of Bostobe Svita in Kazakhstan. The type and only known species is ''Aralazhdarcho bostobensis''. Etymology '' ...

bostobensis'':

Santonian The Santonian is an age in the geologic timescale or a chronostratigraphic stage. It is a subdivision of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 86.3 ± 0.7 mya (million years ago) and 83.6 ± 0.7 mya. ...

-early

Campanian The Campanian is the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous Epoch on the geologic timescale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). In chronostratigraphy, it is the fifth of six stages in the Upper Cretaceous Series. Campani ...

* ''

Arambourgiania ''Arambourgiania'' is an extinct genus of azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period (Maastrichtian stage) of Jordan, and possibly the United States.Harrell, T. Lynn Jr.; Gibson, Michael A.; Langston, Wann Jr. (2016). "A cervical ver ...

philadelphiae'':

Maastrichtian The Maastrichtian () is, in the ICS geologic timescale, the latest age (uppermost stage) of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series, the Cretaceous Period or System, and of the Mesozoic Era or Erathem. It spanned the interval ...

* ''

Arcticodactylus ''Arcticodactylus'' is a genus of basal pterosaur living during the Late Triassic in the area of present Greenland. Its only species was previously attributed to ''Eudimorphodon'', and its closest relatives may have been ''Eudimorphodon'' or ''A ...

cromptonellus'': Norian– Rhaetian * '' Arthurdactylus conandoylei'': Late Aptian-early Albian * ''

Austriadactylus ''Austriadactylus'' is a genus of "rhamphorhynchoid" pterosaur. The fossil remains were unearthed in Late Triassic (middle Norian ageBarrett, P. M., Butler, R. J., Edwards, N. P., & Milner, A. R. (2008). Pterosaur distribution in time and space: ...

cristatus'': Middle to late Norian * ''

sp.'': Early Santonian * ''Azhdarcho lancicollis'': Middle-late Turonian * '' Bakonydraco galaczi'': Santonian * ''

Batrachognathus ''Batrachognathus'' is an extinct genus of anurognathid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic ( Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian) Karabastau Formation of the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan. The genus was named in 1948 by the Russian paleontologist A ...

volans'': Oxfordian-

Kimmeridgian In the geologic timescale, the Kimmeridgian is an age in the Late Jurassic Epoch and a stage in the Upper Jurassic Series. It spans the time between 157.3 ± 1.0 Ma and 152.1 ± 0.9 Ma (million years ago). The Kimmeridgian follows the Oxford ...

* ''

Beipiaopterus ''Beipiaopterus'' is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period (Aptian stage) of what is now the Yixian Formation of the China. The genus was named in 2003 by Lü Junchang. The generic name is derived from Beipiao C ...

chenianus'': Late

Barremian The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 129.4 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma). It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous Epoch (or Lower Cretaceous Series). It is precede ...

– early Aptian * ''

Boreopterus ''Boreopterus'' is a genus of boreopterid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian-Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Dalian, Liaoning, China. Etymology ''Boreopterus'' was named in 2005 by Lü Junchang and Ji Qiang. The type s ...

cuiae'': late Barremian – early Aptian * '' Brasileodactylus araripensis'': Aptian-Albian * '' Cacibupteryx caribensis'': Middle-late Oxfordian * ''

Cathayopterus ''Cathayopterus'' is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous-age Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China. The name means "China wing", using the word "Cathay" as an old alternative name for China. The type species is ' ...

grabaui'': late Barremian – early Aptian * ''

'' sp.: Early

Toarcian The Toarcian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, an age and stage in the Early or Lower Jurassic. It spans the time between 182.7 Ma (million years ago) and 174.1 Ma. It follows the Pliensbachian and is followed by the Aalenian. The Toarcian ...

* ''Campylognathoides indicus'':

Pliensbachian The Pliensbachian is an age (geology), age of the geologic timescale and stage (stratigraphy), stage in the stratigraphic column. It is part of the Early Jurassic, Early or Lower Jurassic epoch (geology), Epoch or series (stratigraphy), Series an ...

-Toarcian * ''Campylognathoides liasicus'': Early Toarcian * ''Campylognathoides zitteli'': Early Toarcian * ''

Caulkicephalus ''Caulkicephalus'' is a genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Isle of Wight off the coast of England. It lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 130 million years ago. Discovery and naming Between 1995 and 2003, bone fragments of an ...

trimicrodon'': Barremian * ''

Caviramus ''Caviramus'' is a genus of caviramid pterosaur from the Late Triassic (early Rhaetian-age) lower Kössen Formation of the Northern Calcareous Alps of Switzerland. The genus was in 2006 named by Nadia Fröbisch and Jörg Fröbisch. The type ...

schesaplanensis'': Late Norian or early Rhaetian * ''

Cearadactylus ''Cearadactylus'' is a genus of large anhanguerid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Romualdo Formation of Brazil, South America. Fossil remains of ''Cearadactylus'' dated back to the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous period, about 112 million ...

atrox'': Aptian-Albian * '' Chaoyangopterus zhangi'': Aptian * ''

clavirostris'': Late

Berriasian In the geological timescale, the Berriasian is an age/stage of the Early/Lower Cretaceous. It is the oldest subdivision in the entire Cretaceous. It has been taken to span the time between 145.0 ± 4.0 Ma and 139.8 ± 3.0 Ma (million years ago ...

–

Valanginian In the geologic timescale, the Valanginian is an age or stage of the Early or Lower Cretaceous. It spans between 139.8 ± 3.0 Ma and 132.9 ± 2.0 Ma (million years ago). The Valanginian Stage succeeds the Berriasian Stage of the Lower Cretace ...

* ''Coloborhynchus moroccensis'': Early Cenomanian * ''cf. Coloborhynchus sp'': Late Cenomanian * ''Coloborhynchus robustus'': Aptian-Albian * ''Coloborhynchus sedgwickii'': Late Albian * ''Coloborhynchus spielburgi'': Aptian-Albian * ''Coloborhynchus wadleighi'': Late Albian * ''

Ctenochasma ''Ctenochasma'' (meaning "comb jaw") is a genus of Late Jurassic ctenochasmatid pterosaur belonging to the suborder Pterodactyloidea. Three species are currently recognized: ''C. roemeri'' (named after Friedrich Adolph Roemer), ''C. taqueti'', a ...

elegens'': Tithonian * ''Ctenochasma roemeri'': Berriasian * ''Ctenochasma taqueti'': Early Tithonian * ''

Cycnorhamphus ''Cycnorhamphus'' (meaning "swan beak") is a genus of gallodactylid ctenochasmatoid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic period of France and Germany, about 152 million years ago. It is probably synonymous with the genus ''Gallodactylus''. History ...

canjuersensis'': Early Tithonian * ''Cycnorhamphus suevicus'': Late Kimmeridgian * ''Cycnorhamphus suevicus'': Tithonian * ''

Dendrorhynchoides ''Dendrorhynchoides'' was a genus of anurognathid pterosaur containing only the holotype species ''D. curvidentatus'' that is known from the Middle Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of Qinglong, northern Hebei Province, China. The genus was first n ...

curvidentatus'': Late Barremian – early Aptian * '' Dimorphodon macronyx'': Late

Sinemurian In the geologic timescale, the Sinemurian is an age and stage in the Early or Lower Jurassic Epoch or Series. It spans the time between 199.3 ± 2 Ma and 190.8 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago). The Sinemurian is preceded by the Hettangian and ...

* ''Dimorphodon weintraubi'': Early Middle Jurassic * ''

Domeykodactylus ''Domeykodactylus'' is an extinct genus of dsungaripterid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian-Albian)-age Santa Ana Formation at Quebrada de la Carreta in Antofagasta, Chile. Discovery and naming The genus was named in 2000 by Da ...

ceciliae'': Lower Cretaceous * ''

Dorygnathus ''Dorygnathus'' ("spear jaw") was a genus of rhamphorhynchid pterosaur that lived in Europe during the Early Jurassic period, when shallow seas flooded much of the continent. It had a short () wingspan, and a relatively small triangular sternum, ...

'' cf. ''D. banthensis'': Early Toarcian * ''Dorygnathus banthensis'': Early Toarcian * ''Dorygnathus mistelgauensis'': Early Toarcian * ''

Dsungaripterus ''Dsungaripterus'' is a genus of dsungaripterid pterosaur with an average wingspan of . ''Dsungaripterus'' lived during the Early Cretaceous in what is now China, and its first fossil was found in the Junggar Basin. Description ''Dsungaripte ...

weii'': ?

-Albian * ''

Eosipterus ''Eosipterus'' is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period of Liaoning, China. Fossil remains of ''Eosipterus'' dated back to the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous, 124.6 million years ago. History and et ...

yangi'': late Barremian – early Aptian * ''

cf. E. ranzii'': Middle to late Norian * ''Eudimorphodon ranzii'': Late Norian * ''Eudimorphodon rosenfeldi'': Late Norian * ''Eudimorphodon'' sp.: Late

Carnian The Carnian (less commonly, Karnian) is the lowermost stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Upper Triassic series (stratigraphy), Series (or earliest age (geology), age of the Late Triassic Epoch (reference date), Epoch). It lasted from 237 to 227 m ...

* ''

Feilongus ''Feilongus'' is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian–Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Beipiao, Liaoning, China. Discovery and naming The genus was named and described in 2005 by Wang X ...

youngi'': late Barremian – early Aptian * ''

Gegepterus ''Gegepterus'' is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period of what is now the Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China. Only one species is known, ''G. changi''. History and etymology The genus was named in 2007 by Wang X ...

changi'': late Barremian – early Aptian * ''

'': Kimmeridgian * ''Germanodactylus cristatus'': Tithonian * ''Germanodactylus rhamphastinus'': Tithonian * ''

Gnathosaurus ''Gnathosaurus'' (meaning "jawed lizard") is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur containing two species: ''G. subulatus'', named in 1833 from the Solnhofen Limestone of Germany, and ''G. macrurus'', known from the Purbeck Limestone of the UK. ...

macrurus'': Berriasian * ''Gnathosaurus subulatus'': Tithonian * ''

Haopterus ''Haopterus'' is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian-Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China. Its fossil remains dated back 124.6 million years ago. Discovery and naming It was in 2001 named by Wang Xi ...

gracilis'': late Barremian – early Aptian * '' Hatzegopteryx thambema'': Late Maastrichtian * ''

Herbstosaurus ''Herbstosaurus'' is the name given to a genus of pterosaurs that lived during the Late Jurassic period, in what is now Argentina. In 1969 Argentine paleobotanist Rafael Herbst in the province Neuquén at Picun Leufú dug up a piece of sandsto ...

pigmaeus'': Middle-late Tithonian * ''

Huanhepterus ''Huanhepterus'' is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period of what is now Qingyang, Gansu, China. History The genus was named by Dong Zhiming in 1982. The type species is ''Huanhepterus quin ...

quingyangensis'': Late Jurassic * ''Huaxipterus benxiensis'': Aptian * ''Huaxipterus corollatus'': Aptian * '' Istiodactylus latidens'': Barremian * ''Istiodactylus sinensis'': Aptian * ''

Jeholopterus ''Jeholopterus'' was a small anurognathid pterosaur from the Middle to Late Jurassic Daohugou Beds of the Tiaojishan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China, preserved with hair-like pycnofibres and skin remains. Naming The genus was named in 20 ...

ningchengensis'': Bathonian-Callovian * '' Jidapterus edentus'': Aptian * ''

Kepodactylus ''Kepodactylus'' is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian- Tithonian-age Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Colorado, United States. In 1992, a team from the Denver Museum of Natural History dug ...

insperatus'': Kimmeridgian-Tithonian * '' Liaoningopterus gui'': Aptian * '' Liaoxipterus brachyognathus'': Aptian * ''

Lonchodectes ''Lonchodectes'' (meaning "lance biter") was a genus of lonchodectid pterosaur from several formations dating to the Turonian (Late Cretaceous) of England, mostly in the area around Kent. The species belonging to it had been assigned to ''Orni ...

compressirostris'': Cenomanian-Turonian * ''Lonchodectes compressirostris'': Late Albian * ''Lonchodectes giganteus'': Cenomanian-Turonian * ''Lonchodectes microdon'': Late Albian * ''Lonchodectes platystomus'': Albian * ''Lonchodectes platystomus'': Late Albian * ''Lonchodectes sagittirostris'': Late Berriasian – Valanginian * ''

Lonchognathosaurus ''Lonchognathosaurus'' is a genus of dsungaripterid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Albian-age Lower Cretaceous Lianmuqin Formation of Xinjiang, China. The genus was named in 2004 by Michael Maisch, Andreas Matzke and Sun Ge. The type spec ...

acutirostris'': ?Aptian-Albian * ''

Ludodactylus ''Ludodactylus'' (meaning "play finger") is a genus of anhanguerid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period (Aptian stage) of what is now the Crato Formation of the Araripe Basin in Ceará, Brazil. The type and only species i ...

sibbicki'': Late Aptian-early Albian * ''

Mesadactylus ''Mesadactylus'' ('mesa finger') is an extinct genus of pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian-Tithonian-age Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Colorado, United States. The genus was named in 1989 by James Jensen and Kevin Padian. The type species ...

ornithosphyos'': Kimmeridgian-Tithonian * ''

Montanazhdarcho ''Montanazhdarcho'' is a genus of azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period (Campanian stage) of what is now the state of Montana, United States. ''Montanazhdarcho'' is known from only one species, ''M. minor''. Discovery The holo ...

minor'': Middle-late Campanian * ''Muzquizopterix coahuilensis'': Early Coniacian * '' Nemicolopterus crypticus'': Aptian * '' Nesodactylus hesperius'': Middle-late Oxfordian * ''

Noripterus ''Noripterus'' (meaning "lake wing" from Mongolian ''nuur'', "lake" and Greek ''pteron'', "wing") is a genus of dsungaripterid pterodactyloid pterosaur from Lower Cretaceous-age Lianmuqin Formation in the Junggar Basin of Xinjiang, China. It wa ...

complicidens'': ?Valanginian-Albian * '' Normannognathus wellnhoferi'': Late Kimmeridgian * ''

Nurhachius ''Nurhachius'' is a genus of istiodactylid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian to Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. Its fossil remains date back about 120 million years ago. Discovery The g ...

ignaciobritoi'': Aptian * ''

Nyctosaurus ''Nyctosaurus'' (meaning "night lizard" or "bat lizard") is a genus of nyctosaurid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period of what is now the Niobrara Formation of the mid-western United States, which, during the time ''Nyctosaurus'' was al ...

gracilis'': Late Santonian-early Campanian * ''Nyctosaurus lamegoi'': Maastrichtian * ''Nyctosaurus nanus'': Late Coniacian-early Santonian * ''

'' sp.: Albian * cf. ''Ornithocheirus'' sp.: Early Barremian * ''Ornithocheirus'' sp.: Early Cenomanian * ''Ornithocheirus mesembrinus'': Aptian-Albian * ''Ornithocheirus simus'': Late Albian * ''

Ornithostoma ''Ornithostoma'' (meaning "bird mouth") is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period (Albian stage) of Europe, around 110 million years ago. ''Ornithostoma'' was once thought to have been a senior synonym ...

sedgwicki'': Late Albian * ''

Parapsicephalus ''Parapsicephalus'' (meaning "beside arch head") is a genus of long-tailed rhamphorhynchid pterosaurs from the Lower Jurassic Whitby, Yorkshire, England. It contains a single species, ''P. purdoni'', named initially as a species of the related r ...

purdoni'' Early Toarcian * ''

Peteinosaurus ''Peteinosaurus'' ( ; meaning "winged lizard") was a prehistoric genus of pterosaur. It lived in the late Triassic period in the late Norian age (about 221 to 210 million years ago), and at a wingspan of around , was one of the smallest and earli ...

zambelli'': Late Norian * ''

Phosphatodraco ''Phosphatodraco'' is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous of what is now Morocco. In 2000, a pterosaur specimen consisting of five cervical (neck) vertebrae was discovered in the Ouled Abdoun Phosphatic Basin ...

mauritanicus'': Maastrichtian * ''

Plataleorhynchus ''Plataleorhynchus'' is a genus of Ctenochasmatidae, ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous periods (Tithonian to Berriasian stages) of what is now the Purbeck Limestone of Dorset, England. History and ...

streptorophodon'': Berriasian * ''

Preondactylus ''Preondactylus'' is a genus of long-tailed pterosaurs from the Late Triassic (late Norian)Barrett, P. M., Butler, R. J., Edwards, N. P., & Milner, A. R. (2008). Pterosaur distribution in time and space: an atlas. ''Zitteliana'', 61-107/ref> that ...

buffarinii'': Late Norian * ''

'': Late Coniacian-early Santonian * ''

'': Late Santonian-early Campanian * ''Pteranodon longiceps'': Early Campanian * ''

Pterodactylus ''Pterodactylus'' (from Greek () meaning 'winged finger') is an extinct genus of pterosaurs. It is thought to contain only a single species, ''Pterodactylus antiquus'', which was the first pterosaur to be named and identified as a flying rept ...

antiquus'': Tithonian * ''Pterodactylus longicollum'': Late Kimmeridgian * ''Pterodactylus longicollum'': Tithonian * ''Pterodactylus micronyx'': Tithonian * ''

Pterodaustro ''Pterodaustro'' is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from South America. Its fossil remains dated back to the Early Cretaceous period, about 105 million years ago. The most distinctive characteristic that separates ''Pterodaus ...

guinazui'': Aptian * ''Pterodaustro guinazui'': Albian * '' Pterorhynchus wellnhoferi'': Bathonian-Callovian * '' Quetzalcoatlus'': Late Maastrichtian * ''Quetzalcoatlus northropi'': Late Maastrichtian * ''

Rhamphinion ''Rhamphinion'' (meaning "beak nape"; Greek ''rhamphos'', "beak" is a common part of "rhamphorhynchoid" names, and the remains of this animal came from the rear of the skull, i.e. "nape" or ''inion'') is a genus of pterosaurs from the Sinemurian ...

jenkinsi'': Sinemurian-

* '' Rhamphocephalus sp.'' Early Bathonian * ''Rhamphocephalus sp.'': Middle Bathonian * ''Rhamphocephalus bucklandi'': Early Bathonian * ''Rhamphocephalus bucklandi'': Middle Bathonian * ''Rhamphocephalus'' sp.: Late Bathonian * ''Rhamphorhynchus'' sp.: Late Callovian * ''Rhamphorhynchus muensteri'': Late Kimmeridgian * ''Rhamphorhynchus muensteri'': Tithonian * ''

Scaphognathus ''Scaphognathus'' was a pterosaur that lived around Germany during the Late Jurassic. It had a wingspan of 0.9 m (3 ft). Naming The first known ''Scaphognathus'' specimen was described in 1831 by August Goldfuss who mistook the taill ...

crassirostris'': Tithonian * '' Sinopterus dongi'': Aptian * ''Sinopterus gui'': Aptian * '' Sordes pilosus'': Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian * '' Tapejara wellnhoferi'': Aptian-Albian * ''

Tendaguripterus ''Tendaguripterus'' was a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian to Tithonian-age Upper Jurassic Middle Saurian Beds (Tendaguru Formation) of Tendaguru, Lindi Region, Tanzania. Discovery and naming During the German paleontolog ...

recki'': : Late Kimmeridgian-Tithonian * ''

Thalassodromeus ''Thalassodromeus'' is a genus of pterosaur that lived in what is now Brazil during the Early Cretaceous period, about a hundred million years ago. The original skull, discovered in 1983 in the Araripe Basin of northeastern Brazil, was collect ...

sethi'': Aptian-Albian * ''Tupundactylus imperator'': Late Aptian-early Albian * ''Tupundactylus navigans'': late Aptian-early Albian * ''Tupuxaura leonardi'': Aptian-Albian * ''Tupuxuara longicristatus'': Aptian-Albian * '' Zhejiangopterus linhaiensis'': Early Campanian

References

* Barrett PM, Butler RJ, Edwards NP, Milner AR. Pterosaur distribution in time and space: an atlas. Zitteliana. 2008:61–107. Pterosaurs Paleontology timelines

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