Pterosauromorpha

Pterosauromorphs
Temporal range:
Late Triassic – Late Cretaceous, 236–66 Ma[1]
Skeletal restoration of Lagerpeton chanarensis (known elements represented in white)
Skeletal restoration of Dimorphodon macronyx
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Ornithodira
Clade: †Pterosauromorpha
Kuhn-Schnyder & Rieber, 1986
Subgroups

Pterosauromorpha (meaning "pterosaur-like forms") is one of the two basic divisions of Ornithodira that includes pterosaurs and all taxa that are closer to them than to dinosaurs and their close relatives (i.e. Dinosauromorpha).[2][3] In addition to pterosaurs, Pterosauromorpha also includes the basal clade Lagerpetidae and some other Late Triassic ornithodirans (Maehary and Scleromochlus).[4][5][6][7]

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