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Branch-based clade: †"Rhamphorhynchidae" Hoernes 1884 [Kellner 2003] nom. cl. inval. (reptile)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation Hoernes, 1884 [A.W.A. Kellner, in E. Buffetaut & J.-M. Mazin, eds., 2003], nom. cl. praeinit., typ. cl. inval.
Original name Seeley, H.G. 1870. The Ornithosauria: 110 ("Rhamphorhynchæ"). [family].
Subsequent spelling Nopcsa, F. 1928. In O. Abel (ed.), Palaeobiologica: 188. [family].
Subsequent clade name (orig. spell.) Kellner, A.W.A. 2003b. In E. Buffetaut & J.-M. Mazin (eds.), Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Publ. (no. 217): 117 ("Nopcsa 1928").
Original definition [PhyloCode] op. cit.: 117 ("Definition.").
Description/Diagnosis in English op. cit.: 117 ("Synapomorphies").

Attributes

Converted clade name (nomen cladi conversum) [PhyloCode] Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b. In E. Buffetaut & J.-M. Mazin (eds.), Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Publ. (no. 217): 117. [new] [implicit]
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): 117 ("other pterosaurs"); 26 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: 26 Jul 2026.

Variants

Preferred rank-based nameRhamphorhynchidae (Family) Seeley, 1870 Ref: P. Wellnhofer, 1991a: 184; 5 Oct 2025. [inferred]
Alternative rank-based nameRhamphorhynchidae (Family) Seeley, 1870 Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: tbl. 1 (p. 112); 5 Oct 2025. [inferred]

Synonyms

Accepted nameRhamphorhynchidae (Clade) Hoernes 1884 [Andres 2021] Ref: B. Andres, 2021: tbl. 1 (p. 208); 26 Jul 2026. [inferred]
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