Ornithocheiromorpha

Ornithocheiromorphs Temporal range: Early-Late Cretaceous, 140–94 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil specimen of Lonchodectes compressirostris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
Clade:	†Pteranodontoidea
Clade:	†Ornithocheiromorpha Andres et al.,, 2014
Subgroups
†Hongshanopterus †Lonchodectes †Lanceodontia †Ikrandraco[1] †Istiodactylidae †Anhangueria †Aetodactylus[2] †Boreopteridae †Brasileodactylus †Camposipterus[3] †Cimoliopterus[2] †Cearadactylus †Ludodactylus †Ornithocheirae †Anhangueridae †Ornithocheiridae

Ornithocheiromorpha is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea.

The Ornithocheiromorpha was defined in 2014 by Andres and colleagues. They made Ornithocheiromorpha the most inclusive clade containing Ornithocheirus but not Pteranodon.^[4]

Classification

Below is a cladogram showing the results of a phylogenetic analysis presented by Andres & Myers, 2014.^[4]

Pteranodontoidea	Pteranodon Ornithocheiromorpha Hongshanopterus Lonchodectes Lanceodontia Istiodactylidae Anhangueria Boreopteridae Cearadactylus Brasileodactylus Ludodactylus Ornithocheirae Anhangueridae  Ornithocheiridae

References

1. Xiaolin Wang; Taissa Rodrigues; Shunxing Jiang; Xin Cheng; Alexander W. A. Kellner (2014). "An Early Cretaceous pterosaur with an unusual mandibular crest from China and a potential novel feeding strategy". Scientific Reports. 4: Article number 6329. doi:10.1038/srep06329.
2. Myers, Timothy S. (2015). "First North American occurrence of the toothed pteranodontoid pterosaur Cimoliopterus". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35: e1014904. doi:10.1080/02724634.2015.1014904.
3. Rodrigues, T.; Kellner, A. (2013). "Taxonomic review of the Ornithocheirus complex (Pterosauria) from the Cretaceous of England". ZooKeys. 308: 1–112. doi:10.3897/zookeys.308.5559. PMC 3689139. PMID 23794925.
4. Andres, B.; Clark, J.; Xu, X. (2014). "The Earliest Pterodactyloid and the Origin of the Group". Current Biology. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.030.