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Monophyletic taxon: Family †Nyctosauridae Williston, 1903 (reptile)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (S.W. Williston, 1903) Bennett, 1989
Unavailable original name, rank & spelling:  Bliss, R. 1891-1893. In C.A. Cutter, Expansive Classification 1 (Zool.): 69. [name only]. ≡
Original name:  Williston, S.W. 1903. Field Columbian Mus. (Geol.) 2 (3): 159. [subfamily].
Subsequent rank: 
Subsequent publication:  Kuhn, O. 1966. Die Reptilien: 110 ("Nicholson & Lydekker 1889"; syn. pro "Fam. Ornithocheiridae Seeley 1870, emend. Zittel 1887-1890"). ≡
Incorrect (erroneous) authorship:  Nicholson, H.A. & Lydekker, R. 1889. Man. Palaeont. (ed. 3) 2: 1199 ("Nyctodactylus", "the genus should perhaps form the type of a distinct family."). ≡

Types

Type: †Nyctosaurus (Genus) Marsh, 1876 Ref: P. Wellnhofer, 1991a: 185. [inferred]

Variants

Alternative clade-based name: †Nyctosauridae (Clade) Hay 1902 [Kellner 2003] nom. cl. inval. Ref: P. Wellnhofer, 1991a: 185; 6 Oct 2025. [inferred]
Preferred clade-based name: †Nyctosauridae (Clade) Hay 1902 [Andres 2021] Ref: B. Andres, 2021: tbl. 1 (p. 209); 26 Jul 2026. [inferred]
Preferred clade-based name: †Nyctosauridae (Clade) Hay 1902 [Kellner 2003] nom. cl. inval. Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: tbl. 1 (p. 112); 6 Oct 2025. [inferred]
Former rank: †Nyctosaurinae (Subfamily) Williston, 1903 Ref: P. Wellnhofer, 1991a [inferred]
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