The Taxonomicon
Home
Site map | Contact
Under construction
Branch-based clade: †"Azhdarchidae" Padian 1986 [Kellner 2003] nom. cl. inval. (reptile)
 Entity: 

Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (L.A. Nesov, 1984) Padian, 1986 [A.W.A. Kellner, in E. Buffetaut & J.-M. Mazin, eds., 2003], nom. cl. praeinit., typ. cl. inval.
Original name:  Несов, Л.А. [Nesov, L.A.] 1984. Paleont. Zh. 1984 (1): [subfamily].
Subsequent spelling:  Padian, 1986.
Subsequent clade name (orig. spell.):  Kellner, A.W.A. 2003b. In E. Buffetaut & J.-M. Mazin (eds.), Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Publ. (no. 217): 125 ("Nessov 1984").
Original definition [PhyloCode]:  op. cit.: 125 ("Definition.").
Description/Diagnosis in English:  op. cit.: 126 ("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): 125. [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): 125 ("any other pterosaur"); 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: 27 Jul 2026.

Variants

Preferred rank-based name: †Azhdarchidae (Family) Nessov, 1984 Ref: P. Wellnhofer, 1991a: 185; 7 Oct 2025. [inferred]
Alternative rank-based name: †Azhdarchidae (Family) Nessov, 1984 Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: tbl. 1 (p. 112); 7 Oct 2025. [inferred]
Unestablished (clade) name: †Azhdarchidae (Clade) Padian 1986 [Andres 2021] nom. cl. inval. Ref: B. Andres, 2021: tbl. 1 (p. 209); 27 Jul 2026. [inferred]
Established (clade) name: †Azhdarchidae (Clade) Padian 1986 [Pêgas, Zhou & Kobayashi 2025] Ref: Pêgas et al., 2025: 7; 27 Jul 2026. [inferred]

Synonyms

Accepted name: †Azhdarchidae (Clade) Padian 1986 [Unwin 2003] nom. cl. inval. Ref: D.M. Unwin, 2003: 181; 27 Jul 2026. [inferred]
©2004-2026 Universal Taxonomic Services
Last updated: 28 Aug 2026