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Branch-based clade: †"Nyctosauridae" Hay 1902 [Kellner 2003] nom. cl. inval. (reptile)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Hay, 1902 [A.W.A. Kellner, in E. Buffetaut & J.-M. Mazin, eds., 2003], nom. cl. praeinit., typ. cl. inval.
Original name:  Williston, S.W. 1903. Field Columbian Mus. (Geol.) 2 (3): 159. [subfamily].
Subsequent clade name (orig. spell.):  Kellner, A.W.A. 2003b. In E. Buffetaut & J.-M. Mazin (eds.), Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Publ. (no. 217): 121 ("(=Nyctosaurinae) Williston 1903").
Original definition [PhyloCode]:  op. cit.: 121 ("Definition.").
Description/Diagnosis in English:  op. cit.: 121 ("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): 121. [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): 121 ("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 name: †Nyctosauridae (Family) Williston, 1903 Ref: P. Wellnhofer, 1991a: 185; 6 Oct 2025. [inferred]
Alternative rank-based name: †Nyctosauridae (Family) Williston, 1903 Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: tbl. 1 (p. 112); 6 Oct 2025. [inferred]

Synonyms

Accepted name: †Nyctosauridae (Clade) Hay 1902 [Andres 2021] Ref: B. Andres, 2021: tbl. 1 (p. 209); 26 Jul 2026. [inferred]
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