Lonchodectidae

Azhdarchoids Temporal range: Early-Late Cretaceous, 135–94 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	†Pterosauria
Clade:	†Azhdarchoidea
Family:	†Lonchodectidae Hooley, 1914
Type species
†Ornithocheirus compressirostris Owen, 1851
Species
†Lonchodectes compressirostris †Palaeornis cliftii †Prejanopterus †Unwindia

Lonchodectidae is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. It is likely a member of the group Azhdarchoidea, though some researchers have suggested that it belongs to the Ornithocheiroidea.^[1]

References

1. Witton, M.P., Martill, D.M., and Green, M. (2009). "On pterodactyloid diversity in the British Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) and a reappraisal of “Palaeornis” cliftii Mantell, 1844." Cretaceous Research, 30: 676–686.