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Apomorphy-based clade: †"Pterosauria" Owen 1842 [Sereno 1991], nom. cl. inval. (reptile)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  R. Owen, 1842 [P.C. Sereno, 1991], nom. cl. praeinit., typ. cl. inval.
Original name:  Kaup, J.J. 1834. Isis (Oken) 1834 (3): cols. 311, 315. ("Pterosaurii"). [order].
Subsequent spelling:  Owen, R. 1842. Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 11: 156. [order].
Subsequent clade name (orig. spell.):  Sereno, P.C. 1991. Soc. Vert. Paleont. Mem. 2: 17 ("Owen, 1842").
Original definition [PhyloCode]:  op. cit.: 17 ("Definition"), 19.
Emended definition [PhyloCode]:  Kellner, A.W.A. 2003b. In E. Buffetaut & J.-M. Mazin (eds.), Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Publ. (no. 217): 107 ("Kaup 1834", "Definition."). [node-based].
Emended definition [PhyloCode]:  Padian, K. 2004. In M. Laurin (ed.), First International Phylogenetic Nomenclature Meeting: 27 ("Defined Names:"). [apomorphy-based].

Attributes

Converted clade name (nomen cladi conversum) [PhyloCode] Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1991. Soc. Vert. Paleont. Mem. 2: 17. [new] [implicit]
Invalid clade definition: specifiers not all species/specimens (nom.[: typ.] cl. inval.) [PhyloCode (1-)6: Art. 11.1] Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1991. Soc. Vert. Paleont. Mem. 2: 19 ("Pterodactyloidea"); 27 Jul 2026. [inferred]
Invalid clade definition: specifiers not all species/specimens (nom.[: typ.] cl. inval.) [PhyloCode (1-)6: Art. 11.1] Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b. In E. Buffetaut & J.-M. Mazin (eds.), Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Publ. (no. 217): 107 ("Anurognathidae"); 27 Jul 2026. [inferred]
Pre-starting-point clade name (nom. cl. inval.[: praeinit.]) [PhyloCode: Note 6.2.1 ([1984-]<2020)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 23 Sep 2025.

Variants

Preferred rank-based name: †Pterosauria (Superorder) Kaup, 1834 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 59; 28 Oct 2025. [inferred]
Established (clade) name: †Pterosauria (Clade) Owen 1842 [Andres & Padian 2020] Ref: B. Andres & K. Padian, 2020: [1201]; 23 Sep 2025. [new] [inferred]
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