Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Pterosauria - (Family) Azhdarchidae

Last representative of

†Pterosauria (Clade) Owen 1842 [Sereno 1991], nom. cl. inval.

Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 107.

Included, by definition, in node-based clade

†Azhdarchoidea (Clade) Unwin 1995 [Kellner 2003] nom. cl. inval.		Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 125.
†Dsungaripteroidea (Clade) Young 1964 [Kellner 2003]		Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 120.
†Novialoidea (Clade) Kellner 2003 nom. cl. inval.		Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 115.
†Ornithocheiroidea (Clade) Seeley 1876 [Bennett 1994] nom. cl. inval.		Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 122.
†Pterodactyloidea (Clade) Plieninger 1901 [Kellner 2003], nom. cl. inval.		Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 117.
†Pterosauria (Clade) Owen 1842 [Sereno 1991], nom. cl. inval.		Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 107.
†Tapejaroidea (Clade) Kellner 1996 [Kellner 2003]		Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 124.

Included, by definition, in branch-based clade

†Azhdarchidae (Clade) Padian 1986 [Kellner 2003] nom. cl. inval.

Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 125.

Subsequent positions

Probably †Azhdarchinae (Subfamily) Nessov, 1984

Ref: L.A. Nesov, 1984: 39 ("presumably").

Current position

†Quetzalcoatlinae (Subfamily) Andres, Clark & Xu, 2014

Ref: T.L. Ford, 2005-present: [24 Jul 2026]; Paleofile[24 Jul 2026].

Alternative positions

†Azhdarchidae (Family) Nessov, 1984	Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 70. [unavailable name]
†Azhdarchidae (Clade) Padian 1986 [Kellner 2003] nom. cl. inval.	Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: tbl. 1 (p. 112).
†Azhdarchinae (Subfamily) Nessov, 1984	Ref: L.A. Nesov, 1984: 39. [new position]
†Ornithocheiridae (Family) Seeley, 1870	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 621).

Historical positions

†Azhdarchidae (Clade) Padian 1986 [Kellner 2003] nom. cl. inval.	Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: tbl. 1 (p. 112), fig. 1.
†Azhdarchidae (Family) Nessov, 1984	Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 70. [unavailable name]
†Azhdarchidae (Family) Nessov, 1984	Ref: P. Wellnhofer, 1991a: 185.
†Ornithocheiridae (Family) Seeley, 1870	Ref: B. Gardiner et al., 1989: 302.
†Ornithocheiridae (Family) Seeley, 1870	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 621).

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 30 Nov 2023	[; †1s]