Ctenochasmatidae

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Ctenochasmatids
Temporal range:
Ma
Cast of a
Ctenochasma elegans
specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Clade: Ctenochasmatoidea
Family: Ctenochasmatidae
Nopsca, 1928
Type species
Ctenochasma roemeri
, 1852
Subgroups
suspension feeding
characteristics

Ctenochasmatidae is a group of

filter-feeding. Ctenochasmatids lived from the Late Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous
periods.

The earliest known ctenochasmatid remains date to the Late Jurassic

teleosaurid stem-crocodilian instead of a pterosaur.[4]

Classification

Below is cladogram following a topology recovered by Brian Andres, using the most recent iteration of his data set (Andres, 2021). Anders found that three subfamilies fall within the Ctenochasmatidae: Ctenochasmatinae, Gnathosaurinae and Moganopterinae, while also including several basal genera.[5]

 Ctenochasmatidae 
 Ctenochasmatinae 

"Pterodactylus" micronyx

References

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  4. ^ Andres, B. (2021) Phylogenetic systematics of Quetzalcoatlus Lawson 1975 (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 41:sup1, 203-217. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2020.1801703 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2020.1801703