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Timeline

CretaceousJurassicTriassicLate CretaceousEarly CretaceousLate JurassicMiddle JurassicEarly JurassicLate TriassicMiddle TriassicEarly TriassicColoborhynchus wadleighiLonchodectes platystomusIstiodactylus latidensCaulkicephalus trimicrodonLonchodectes sagittirostrisColoborhychus clavirostrisCtenochasma roemeriPlataleorhynchus streptorophodonGnathosaurus macrurusLonchodectes platystomusLonchodectes microdonLonchodectes compressirostrisOrnithostoma sedgwickiOrnithocheirus simusColoborhynchus sedgwickiiAnhanguera fittoniAnhanguera cuvieriNoripterus complicidensDsungaripterus weiiLonchognathosaurus acutirostrisNemicolopterus crypticusLiaoxipterus brachyognathusLiaoningopterus guiSinopterus guiSinopterus dongiJidapterus edentusHuaxipterus corollatusHuaxipterus benxiensisChaoyangopterus zhangiNurhachius ignaciobritoiIstiodactylus sinensisHaopterus gracilisBoreopterus cuiaeGegepterus changiCathayopterus grabauiEosipterus yangiBeipiaopterus chenianusFeilongus youngiDendrorhynchoides curvidentatusHerbstosaurus pigmaeusMesadactylus ornithosphyosKepodactylus insperatusNesodactylus hesperiusCacibupteryx caribensisGermanodactylus cristatusPterodactylus longicollumGnathosaurus subulatusCtenochasma elegensPterodactylus micronyxCycnorhamphus suevicusScaphognathus crassirostrisRhamphorhynchus muensteriAnurognathus ammoniPterodactylus longicollumPterodactylus antiquusGermanodactylus rhamphastinusCycnorhamphus canjuersensisPterodactylus longicollumCycnorhamphus suevicusRhamphorhynchus muensteriNormannognathus wellnhoferiCtenochasma taquetiGermanodactylusSordes pilosusBatrachognathus volansHuanhepterus quingyangensisTendaguripterus reckiRhamphorhynchusPterorhynchus wellnhoferiJeholopterus ningchengensisAngustinarhipterus longicephalusRhamphocephalusRhamphocephalus bucklandiDimorphodon weintraubiParapsicephalus purdoniDorygnathus mistelgauensisDorygnathus banthensisCampylognathoidesCampylognathoides indicusDimorphodon macronyxRhamphinion jenkinsiCaviramus schesaplanensisPreondactylus buffariniiEudimorphodon rosenfeldiPeteinosaurus zambelliEudimorphodon ranziiAustriadactylus cristatusArcticodactylus cromptonellusEudimorphodonCretaceousJurassicTriassicLate CretaceousEarly CretaceousLate JurassicMiddle JurassicEarly JurassicLate TriassicMiddle TriassicEarly Triassic

Data

  • Austriadactylus cristatus: Middle to late Norian.
  • Eudimorphodon cf. E. ranzii: Middle to late Norian.
  • Eudimorphodon ranzii: Late Norian
  • Peteinosaurus zambelli: Late Norian
  • Preondactylus buffarinii: Late Norian
  • Eudimorphodon rosenfeldi: Late Norian
  • Caviramus schesaplanensis: Late Norian or early Rhaetian
  • Arcticodactylus cromptonellus: Norian–Rhaetian
  • Eudimorphodon sp.: Late Carnian
  • Campylognathoides indicus: Pliensbachian-Toarcian
  • Dimorphodon macronyx: Late Sinemurian
  • Parapsicephalus purdoni Early Toarcian
  • Dorygnathus cf. D. banthensis: Early Toarcian
  • Campylognathoides liasicus: Early Toarcian
  • Campylognathoides zitteli: Early Toarcian
  • Dorygnathus banthensis: Early Toarcian
  • Dorygnathus banthensis: Early Toarcian
  • Dorygnathus mistelgauensis: Early Toarcian
  • Campylognathoides sp.: Early Toarcian
  • Dorygnathus banthensis: Early Toarcian
  • Rhamphinion jenkinsi: Sinemurian-Pliensbachian
  • Jeholopterus ningchengensis: Bathonian-Callovian
  • Pterorhynchus wellnhoferi: Bathonian-Callovian
  • Angustinarhipterus longicephalus: Bathonian-Callovian
  • Rhamphocephalus sp. Early Bathonian
  • Rhamphocephalus sp.: Middle Bathonian
  • Rhamphocephalus bucklandi: Early Bathonian
  • Rhamphocephalus bucklandi: Middle Bathonian
  • Rhamphocephalus sp.: Late Bathonian
  • Ramphorhynchus sp.: Late Callovian
  • Dimorphodon weintraubi: Early Middle Jurassic
  • Tendaguripterus recki:  : Late Kimmeridgian-Tithonian
  • Huanhepterus quingyangensis: Late Jurassic
  • Batrachognathus volans: Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian
  • Sordes pilosus: Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian
  • Germanodactylus: Kimmeridgian
  • Ctenochasma taqueti: Early Tithonian
  • Normannognathus wellnhoferi: Late Kimmeridgian
  • Rhamphorhynchus muensteri: Late Kimmeridgian
  • Cycnorhamphus suevicus: Late Kimmeridgian
  • Pterodactylus longicollum: Late Kimmeridgian
  • Cycnorhamphus canjuersensis: Early Tithonian
  • Rhamphorhynchus muensteri: Tithonian
  • Germanodactylus rhamphastinus: Tithonian
  • Pterodactylus antiquus: Tithonian
  • Pterodactylus longicollum: Tithonian
  • Anurognathus ammoni: Tithonian
  • Rhamphorhynchus muensteri: Tithonian
  • Scaphognathus crassirostris: Tithonian
  • Cycnorhamphus suevicus: Tithonian
  • Pterodactylus antiquus: Tithonian
  • Pterodactylus micronyx: Tithonian
  • Ctenochasma elegens: Tithonian
  • Gnathosaurus subulatus: Tithonian
  • Pterodactylus longicollum: Tithonian
  • Germanodactylus cristatus: Tithonian
  • Germanodactylus rhamphastinus: Tithonian
  • Nesodactylus hesperius: Middle-late Oxfordian
  • Cacibupteryx caribensis: Middle-late Oxfordian
  • Mesadactylus ornithosphyos: Kimmeridgian-Tithonian
  • Kepodactylus insperatus: Kimmeridgian-Tithonian
  • Herbstosaurus pigmaeus: Middle-late Tithonian
  • Dendrorhynchoides curvidentatus: Late Barremian – early Aptian
  • Feilongus youngi: late Barremian – early Aptian
  • Beipiaopterus chenianus: Late Barremian – early Aptian
  • Eosipterus yangi: late Barremian – early Aptian
  • Cathayopterus grabaui: late Barremian – early Aptian
  • Gegepterus changi: late Barremian – early Aptian
  • Boreopterus cuiae: late Barremian – early Aptian
  • Haopterus gracilis: late Barremian – early Aptian
  • Istiodactylus sinensis: Aptian
  • Nurhachius ignaciobritoi: Aptian
  • Chaoyangopterus zhangi: Aptian
  • Huaxipterus benxiensis: Aptian
  • Huaxipterus corollatus: Aptian
  • Jidapterus edentus: Aptian
  • Sinopterus dongi: Aptian
  • Sinopterus gui: Aptian
  • Liaoningopterus gui: Aptian
  • Liaoxipterus brachyognathus: Aptian
  • Nemicolopterus crypticus: Aptian
  • Lonchognathosaurus acutirostris: ?Aptian-Albian
  • Dsungaripterus weii: ?Valanginian-Albian
  • Noripterus complicidens: ?Valanginian-Albian
  • Anhanguera cuvieri: Albian
  • Anhanguera cuvieri: Late Albian
  • Anhanguera fittoni: late Albian
  • Coloborhynchus sedgwickii: Late Albian
  • Ornithocheirus simus: Late Albian
  • Ornithostoma sedgwicki: Late Albian
  • Lonchodectes compressirostris: Late Albian
  • Lonchodectes microdon: Late Albian
  • Lonchodectes platystomus: Late Albian
  • Gnathosaurus macrurus: Berriasian
  • Plataleorhynchus streptorophodon: Berriasian
  • Ctenochasma roemeri: Berriasian
  • Coloborhychus clavirostris: Late Berriasian – Valanginian
  • Lonchodectes sagittirostris: Late Berriasian – Valanginian


  • Caulkicephalus trimicrodon: Barremian
  • Istiodactylus latidens: Barremian
  • Ornithocheirus sp: Albian
  • Lonchodectes platystomus: Albian


  • cf. Ornithocheirus sp.: Early Barremian
  • Coloborhynchus wadleighi: Late Albian
  • Pterodaustro guinazui: Aptian
  • Pterodaustro guinazui: Albian
  • Arthurdactylus conandoylei: Late Aptian-early Albian
  • Ludodactylus sibbicki: Late Aptian-early Albian
  • Tupundactylus imperator: Late Aptian-early Albian
  • Tupundactylus navigans: late Aptian-early Albian
  • Anhanguera blittersdorffi: Aptian-Albian
  • Anhanguera santanae: Aptian-Albian
  • Brasileodactylus araripensis: Aptian-Albian
  • Coloborhynchus robustus: Aptian-Albian
  • Coloborhynchus spielburgi: Aptian-Albian
  • Ornithocheirus mesembrinus: Aptian-Albian
  • Cearadactylus atrox: Aptian-Albian
  • Tapejara wellnhoferi: Aptian-Albian
  • Thalassodromeus sethi: Aptian-Albian
  • Tupuxuara longicristatus: Aptian-Albian
  • Tupuxaura leonardi: Aptian-Albian
  • Domeykodactylus ceciliae: Lower Cretaceous
  • Phosphatodraco mauritanicus: Maastrichtian
  • Coloborhynchus moroccensis: Early Cenomanian
  • Zhejiangopterus linhaiensis: Early Campanian
  • Arambourgiania philadelphiae: Maastrichtian
  • Aralazhdarcho bostobensis: Santonian-early Campanian
  • cf. Coloborhynchus sp: Late Cenomanian
  • ?Azhdarcho sp.: Early Santonian
  • Ornithocheirus sp.: Early Cenomanian
  • Azhdarcho lancicollis: Middle-late Turonian
  • Anhanguera cuvieri: Cenomanian-Turonian
  • Lonchodectes compressirostris: Cenomanian-Turonian
  • Lonchodectes giganteus: Cenomanian-Turonian
  • Bakonydraco galaczi: Santonian
  • Hatzegopteryx thambema: Late Maastrichtian
  • Muzquizopterix coahuilensis: Early Coniacian
  • ?Pteranodon sp.: Late Santonian-early Campanian
  • ?Pteranodon sp: Early Campanian
  • Pteranodon sternbergi: Late Coniacian-early Santonian
  • Nyctosaurus nanus: Late Coniacian-early Santonian
  • Nyctosaurus sp: Late Coniacian-early Santonian
  • Pteranodon longiceps: Late Santonian-early Campanian
  • Nyctosaurus gracilis: Late Santonian-early Campanian
  • Pteranodon longiceps: Early Campanian
  • cf. Quetzalcoatlus sp.: Late Maastrichtian
  • Montanazhdarcho minor: Middle-late Campanian
  • Pteranodon longiceps: Early Campanian
  • Pteranodon longiceps: Early Campanian
  • Quetzalcoatlus northropi: Late Maastrichtian
  • Quetzalcoatlus: Late Maastrichtian
  • Pteranodon longiceps: Early Campanian
  • Nyctosaurus lamegoi: Maastrichtian

References

  • Barrett PM, Butler RJ, Edwards NP, Milner AR. Pterosaur distribution in time and space: an atlas. Zitteliana. 2008:61–107.