Caelidracones Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Late Cretaceous,
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Replica of Pteranodon sternbergi skeletons, female (left) and male (right) | |
Skeletal reconstruction of Tropeognathus mesembrinus in the National Museum of Brazil | |
Scientific 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.
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