Ornithocheiridae

Ornithocheiridae (or ornithocheirids, meaning "bird hands") is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. These pterosaurs were among the last to possess teeth. Members that belong to this group lived from the Early to Late Cretaceous periods (Valanginian to Turonian stages), around 140 to 90 million years ago. Ornithocheirids are generally infamous for having an enormously controversial and very confusing taxonomy. Although agreements that these animals were related, and therefore similar to istiodactylids and pteranodontians, there is still no virtual consensus over the exact content and interrelationships of this group. Ornithocheirids were the most successful pterosaurs during their reign, they were also the largest pterosaurs before the appearance of the azhdarchids such as Quetzalcoatlus. Ornithocheirids were excellent fish hunters, they used various flight techniques to catch their prey, and they are also capable of flying great distances without flapping constantly. The later existence of the crested pteranodontids made paleontologists think that ornithocheirids were their potential ancestors. This is due to their very similar aspects such as the different flying techniques, the long distance flights, and most of all their diet, which consists mainly on fish. The family Ornithocheiridae is without a doubt, one of the most well-known pterosaur groups, this is mostly due to their very controversial and convoluted taxonomic history. Most of the ornithocheirid fossil record consists of isolated teeth, as well as fragmentary bones, reaching hundreds or even thousands of remains in some localities. The first uncovered ornithocheirid remains were described in 1861 by British paleontologist Sir Richard Owen; he assigned the fossil remains to a new species of Pterodactylus: P. simus. In 1869, British paleontologist Harry Govier Seeley erected the new generic name Ornithocheirus (from Ancient Greek meaning "bird hand"), and assigned P. simus as its type species, therefore creating Ornithocheirus simus.

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Ornithocheiridae

Les , ou , constituent une famille éteinte et fossile de ptérosaures ayant vécu durant le Crétacé. Des restes fossiles de ces animaux ont été découvertes un peu partout dans le Monde : en Australie, en Europe, au Maroc, au Japon, au Brésil, en Russie et aux Etats-Unis. Selon : Aetodactylus Araripesaurus Arthurdactylus Barbosania Caulkicephalus Coloborhynchus Mythunga Catégorie:Ptérosaure du Crétacé Catégorie:Taxon fossile décrit en 1870 Catégorie:Famille d'archosauromorphes préhistoriques (nom scientifique

Santanadactylus

Santanadactylus (meaning "Santana Formation finger") was a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Albian-age Romualdo Member of the Upper Cretaceous Santana Formation, of Barra do Jardim, Araripe Plateau, Ceará State, Brazil. Four species have been named, but today are no considered congeneric with each other. It was a rather large pterosaur. The genus was named in 1980 by the Dutch paleontologist Paul de Buisonjé. The type species is S. brasilensis, the specific name referring to Brazil.

Pteranodontoidea

Les forment un clade éteint de ptérosaures ornithocheiroïdes qui ont vécu au Crétacé, du Barrémien au Campanien, en Asie, en Europe, en Amérique du Nord et du Sud. Conformément à son suffixe, Paleobiology Database, en 2022, indique que ce nom est une super-famille, mais sans préciser d'écrit en référence. vignette|gauche|Vue d'artiste d'un Pteranodontoidea : Ludodactylus. En 2018, Longrich, Martill et Andres indiquent que les Pteranodontoidea (au sens de Kellner, 2003) forment, avec les Azhdarchoidea, l'un des deux clades rattachés aux Ornithocheiroidea.