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Apomorphy-based clade: †"Pterosauria" Owen 1842 [Sereno 1991], nom. cl. inval. (reptile)
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(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia

Phylogeny

Node-based clade Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1991: 17, 19. [implicit]

First representative

†Eudimorphodon rosenfeldi (Dalla Vecchia, 1995) Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 107.
†Preondactylus buffarinii Wild, 1984 Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 107.

Last representative

†Nyctosaurus lamegoi Price, 1953 Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 107.
†Quetzalcoatlus (Genus) Lawson, 1975, nom. cons. Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 107.

Defined by the most recent common ancestor (and all its descendants) of

†Anurognathus (Genus) Döderlein, 1923 Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1991: 17.
†Campylognathoides (Genus) Strand, 1928 Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1991: 17.
†Dimorphodon (Genus) Owen, 1859 Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1991: 17.
†Dorygnathus (Genus) Wagner, 1860 Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1991: 17.
†Eudimorphodon (Genus) Zambelli, 1973 Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1991: 17.
†Peteinosaurus (Genus) Wild, 1978 Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1991: 17.
†Preondactylus (Genus) Wild, 1984 Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1991: 17.
†Pterodactyloidea (Suborder) Plieninger, 1901 Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1991: 19.
†Rhamphorhynchus (Genus) Meyer, 1846 Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1991: 19.
†Scaphognathus (Genus) Wagner, 1861 Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1991: 19.

Included, by definition, in branch-based clade

†Pterosauromorpha (Clade) Kuhn-Schnyder & Rieber 1984 [Padian 1997], nom. cl. inval. Ref: K. Padian, 1997: 617 ("Sereno (1991) node-defined Pterosauria").

Excluded, by definition, from branch-based clade

†Azhdarchidae (Clade) Padian 1986 [Kellner 2003] nom. cl. inval. Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 125 ("any other pterosaur"). [implicit]
†Campylognathoididae (Clade) Wild 1984 [Kellner 2003] Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 115 ("other pterosaurs"). [implicit]
†Nyctosauridae (Clade) Hay 1902 [Kellner 2003] nom. cl. inval. Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 121 ("other pterosaurs"). [implicit]
†Rhamphorhynchidae (Clade) Hoernes 1884 [Kellner 2003] nom. cl. inval. Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 117 ("other pterosaurs"). [implicit]

Node-based clade

†Pterosauria (Clade) Owen 1842 [Sereno 1991], nom. cl. inval. Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 107.

Apomorphy-based clade

†Pterosauria (Clade) Owen 1842 [Sereno 1991], nom. cl. inval. Ref: K. Padian, 2004: 27.

Original position

Ornithodira (Clade) Gauthier 1986 Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1991: 34, fig. 26A.

Current position

†Pterosauromorpha (Clade) Kuhn-Schnyder & Rieber 1984 [Padian 1997], nom. cl. inval. Ref: K. Padian, 2004: 27; =Padian, 2004.

Historical positions

†Pterosauromorpha (Clade) Kuhn-Schnyder & Rieber 1984 [Padian 1997], nom. cl. inval. Ref: K. Padian, 2004: 27. [emended diagnosis]
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