Caelidracones

Caelidracones
Temporal range: Middle JurassicLate Cretaceous, 164–66 Ma
Replica of Pteranodon sternbergi skeletons, female (left) and male (right)
Skeletal reconstruction of Tropeognathus mesembrinus in the National Museum of Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Clade: Pterodactyliformes
Clade: Caelidracones
Unwin, 2003
Subgroups[1]

The Caelidracones is a group of pterosaurs.[2]

The clade Caelidracones was defined in 2003 by David Unwin as the group consisting of the last common ancestor of Anurognathus ammoni and Quetzalcoatlus northropi, and all its descendants.[3]

The name Caelidracones means "sky dragons" from Latin caelum, "heaven", and draco, "dragon" and is a reference to Harry Govier Seeley's 1901 book, Dragons of the Air.

  1. ^ Andres, B.; Myers, T. S. (2013). "Lone Star Pterosaurs". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 103 (3–4): 383–398. doi:10.1017/S1755691013000303. S2CID 84617119.
  2. ^ "†unranked clade Caelidracones Unwin 2003 (pterosaur)". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Unwin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).