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(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia

Phylogeny

Apomorphy-based clade Ref: K. Padian, 2004: 27. [implicit]

Defined by the first ancestor to possess the apomorphy as inherited by

Pterodactylus antiquus (Sömmerring, 1812) Ref: K. Padian, 2004: 27.

Generic clade

Pterodactyloidea (Clade) Plieninger 1901 [Kellner 2003], nom. cl. inval. Ref: K. Padian, 2004: 27.

Current position

Novialoidea (Clade) Kellner 2003 nom. cl. inval. Ref: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: tbl. 1 (p. 112). [new position]

Alternative positions

Pterosauria (Clade) Owen 1842 [Sereno 1991], nom. cl. inval. Ref: K. Padian, 2004: 27. [emended diagnosis]

Historical positions

Pterosauria (Clade) Owen 1842 [Sereno 1991], nom. cl. inval. Src: K. Padian, 2004: 27. [emended diagnosis]
Novialoidea (Clade) Kellner 2003 nom. cl. inval. Src: A.W.A. Kellner, 2003b: 117-118, tbl. 1 (p. 112), fig. 1. [new position]
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