Caelidracones
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| Replica of Geosternbergia sternbergi skeletons, female (left) and male (right)
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| Skeletal reconstruction of Tropeognathus mesembrinus in the National Museum of Brazil
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Clade: | † Pterodactyliformes
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| Clade: | †Caelidracones Unwin, 2003 |
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The Caelidracones is a group of
pterosaurs.[2]
The
Quetzalcoatlus northropi, and all its descendants.[3]
The name Caelidracones means "sky dragons" from
Harry Govier Seeley
's 1901 book, Dragons of the Air.
Classification
In Unwin's original classification, the Caelidracones were considered the
Lonchognatha.[3] More recent studies of pterosaur relationships have found anurognathids and pterodactyloids to be sister groups, which would limit Caelidracones to just those two clades.[1]
Below is a
phylogenetic analysis presented by Longrich, Martill, and Andres, 2018. This study found the two traditional groupings of ctenochasmatoids and kin as an early branching group, with all other pterodactyloids grouped into the Eupterodactyloidea.[4]
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References
- ^ S2CID 84617119.
- ^ "†unranked clade Caelidracones Unwin 2003 (pterosaur)". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ S2CID 86710955.