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List of pterosaur genera

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Summary

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This list of pterosaurs is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the order Pterosauria, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful (nomen dubium), or were not formally published (nomen nudum), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered pterosaurian. The list currently includes **** genera.

Scope and terminology

There is no official, canonical list of pterosaur genera, but the most thorough attempts can be found at the Pterosauria section of Mikko Haaramo's Phylogeny Archive, the Genus Index at Mike Hanson's The Pterosauria, supplemented by the Pterosaur Species List, and in the fourth supplement of Donald F. Glut's Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia series.

Authors and year

The authors column lists the authors of the formal description responsible for the erection of the genus listed. They are not necessarily the same as the authors of the type species as sometimes a species from one genus is determined sufficiently distinct to warrant the erection of a new genus to house it. If this is the case, only the latter authors will be listed. The year column notes the year the description was published.

Status

Naming conventions and terminology follow the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Technical terms used include:

Junior synonym: A name which describes the same taxon as a previously published name. If two or more genera are formally designated and the type specimens are later assigned to the same genus, the first to be published (in chronological order) is the senior synonym, and all other instances are junior synonyms. Senior synonyms are generally used, except by special decision of the ICZN, but junior synonyms cannot be used again, even if deprecated. Junior synonymy is often subjective, unless the genera described were both based on the same type specimen.
Nomen nudum (Latin for "naked name"): A name that has appeared in print but has not yet been formally published by the standards of the ICZN. Nomina nuda (the plural form) are invalid, and are therefore not italicized as a proper generic name would be. If the name is later formally published, that name is no longer a nomen nudum and will be italicized on this list. Often, the formally published name will differ from any nomina nuda that describe the same specimen.
Preoccupied name: A name that is formally published, but which has already been used for another taxon. This second use is invalid (as are all subsequent uses) and the name must be replaced. As preoccupied names are not valid generic names, they will also go unitalicized on this list.
Nomen dubium (Latin for "dubious name"): A name describing a fossil with no unique diagnostic features. As this can be an extremely subjective and controversial designation, this term is not used on this list.

Age

The age column denotes the epoch of geologic time to which the fossils date. Genera that are invalid, misidentified, or otherwise do not represent a valid pterosaur are listed as age N/A because there was never a time in which a pterosaur by that generic name actually lived.

Location and notes

The location column designates the geographic region where remains of the relevant genus have been found. The regions used are continents except in the case of smaller landmasses (e.g. Cuba.) Political bodies, being non-existent in the Mesozoic are not used to indicate genera locations. Genera that are invalid, misidentified, or otherwise do not represent a valid pterosaur are listed as location N/A because there was never a place in which a pterosaur by that generic name actually lived. The notes column is a collection of annotations on the scientific significance and taxonomic history of listed genera, as well as elaborations on the information presented in other columns.

The list

Genera

Genus	Author(s)	Year	Status	Age	Location	Notes	Images
Aerodactylus	Vidovic & Martill	2014	Disputed	Late Jurassic	Germany	last=Bennett	first=S. Christopher	date=2018	title=New smallest specimen of the pterosaur Pteranodon and ontogenetic niches in pterosaurs	journal=Journal of Paleontology	language=en	volume=92	issue=2	pages=254–271	doi=10.1017/jpa.2017.84	bibcode=2018JPal...92..254B	issn=0022-3360	s2cid=90893067}}	[[File:Aerodactylus portrait.png	200px]]
Aerodraco	Holgado & Pêgas	2020	Valid	Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous	United Kingdom
(England)	Originally named as a species of Pterodactylus, but it was found to be unrelated	[[File:Aerodraco sedgwickii.jpg	200px]]
Aerotitan	Novas et al.	2012	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Argentina	The first azhdarchid recovered from South America	[[File:Aerotitan sudamericanus.png	200px]]
Aetodactylus	Myers	2010	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United States	Based on a single, almost complete lower jaw	[[File:Aetodactylus halli.jpg	200px]]
Afrotapejara	Martill et al.	2020	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Morocco	The first tapejarid named from Africa and the fourth pterosaur genus from the Kem Kem Group	[[File:Afrotapejara zouhri.jpg	200px]]
Aidachar	Nesov	1981	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	Actually a teleost fish whose remains were originally mistaken for jaw fragments of a ctenochasmatid pterosaur. The mistake was corrected in 1986
Akharhynchus	Jacobs, Smith & Zouhri	2024	Valid	Early Cretaceous? to Late Cretaceous	Morocco	Closely related to the contemporary Siroccopteryx	[[File:Akharhynchus (holotype rostrum).jpg	200px]]
Alamodactylus	Andres & Myers	2013	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United States	Known solely from a partial, but badly crushed left wing
Alanqa	Ibrahim et al.	2010	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Morocco	Possessed straight, pointed jaws not unlike those of azhdarchids	[[File:Jaws of Alanqa saharica.png	200px]]
Albadraco	Solomon et al.	2020	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Romania	first1=A.	last1= Solomon	first2=V.	last2= Codrea	first3=M.	last3=Venczel	first4=G.	last4= Grellet-Tinner	year=2020	title=A new species of large-sized pterosaur from the Maastrichtian of Transylvania (Romania)	journal=Cretaceous Research	volume=110	article-number=104316	doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104316	bibcode=2020CrRes.11004316S }}	[[File:Albadraco tharmisensis.png	200px]]
Alcione	Longrich et al.	2018	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Morocco	Had relatively short wings, an adaptation either for rapid flapping during flight or used to aid with underwater movement	[[File:Alcionepartial right wing.PNG	200px]]
Allkaruen	Codorniú et al.	2016	Valid	Early Jurassic	Argentina	Its braincase has an intermediate morphology between "rhamphorhynchoid" and pterodactyloid pterosaurs	[[File:Allkaruen.png	200px]]
Altmuehlopterus	Vidovic & Martill	2017	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany	Once referred to as a second species of Germanodactylus	[[File:Altmuehlopterus DB.jpg	200px]]
Amblydectes	Hooley	1914	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United Kingdom
(England)	Had been synonymized with four other pterosaur genera	[[File:Amblydectes.jpg	200px]]
Angustinaripterus	He et al.	1983	Valid	Middle Jurassic	China	Its Dorygnathus-like teeth suggest it had a piscivorous diet	[[File:Angustinaripterus NT.jpg	200px]]
Anhanguera	Campos & Kellner	1985	Valid	Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous	Brazil
Morocco	10.1038/nature02048}}	[[File:Anhanguera blittersdorffi Life Restoration by Matt Martyniuk.png	200px]]
Anurognathus	Döderlein	1923	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany	An insectivorous pterosaur known for its short skull with pin-like teeth	[[File:AnurognathusDB.jpg	200px]]
Apatomerus	Williston	1903	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	Probably a misidentified plesiosaur
Apatorhamphus	McPhee et al.	2020	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Morocco	Known from fragmentary remains, which make its phylogenetic position within the Azhdarchoidea uncertain	[[File:Apatorhamphus holotype.png	200px]]
Aralazhdarcho	Averianov	2007	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Kazakhstan	May be closely related to Phosphatodraco	[[File:Aralazhdarcho.jpg	200px]]
Arambourgiania	Nessov	1989	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Jordan
Morocco?
United States?	Its neck possessed extremely elongated vertebrae, making it longer than those of modern giraffes	[[File:Arambourgiania philadelphiae.png	200px]]
Araripedactylus	Wellnhofer	1977	Dubious?	Early Cretaceous	Brazil	last1=Pinheiro	first1=F. L.	last2=Kellner	first2=A. W. A.	last3=Silva	first3=J. L.	last4=Duque	first4=R. R. C.	last5=Sayão	first5=J. M.	last6=Araújo	first6=E. V.	last7=Costa	first7=F. R.	last8=Buchmann	first8=R.	last9=Cerqueira	first9=G. M.	last10=Canejo	first10=L.	last11=Beccari	first11=V.	last12=Bantim	first12=R. A. M.	last13=Holgado	first13=B.	last14=Pêgas	first14=R. V.	year=2025	title=Cretaceous Pterosaurs of the Araripe Basin: A Comprehensive Taxonomic Update and Paleobiological Insights	journal=Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências	volume=97	issue=Suppl. 1	article-number=e20250622	doi=10.1590/0001-3765202520250622	doi-broken-date=18 November 2025	doi-access=free }}
Araripesaurus	Price	1971	Dubious?	Early Cretaceous	Brazil	Suggested to be possibly dubious as its supposed diagnostic features are widespread among pteranodontoids
Archaeoistiodactylus	Lü & Fucha	2010	Valid	Middle Jurassic	China	Had very short metacarpals
Arcticodactylus	Kellner	2015	Valid	Late Triassic	Greenland	Originally described as a species of Eudimorphodon, but it was found to have enough differences to be classified as its own genus
Ardeadactylus	Bennett	2013	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany	Possessed fewer, larger teeth than its contemporary Pterodactylus, suggesting it possibly would have preyed on larger fish than the latter	[[File:Pterodactylus longicollum.JPG	200px]]
Argentinadraco	Kellner & Calvo	2017	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Argentina	Unusually, its lower jaw exhibits an elaborate combination of ridges and depressions on the top surface	[[File:Argentinadraco.jpg	200px]]
Arthurdactylus	Frey & Martill	1994	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil	Named after Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the 1912 novel The Lost World, which features large reptilian pterosaurs
Aurorazhdarcho	Frey, Meyer & Tischlinger	2011	Disputed	Late Jurassic	Germany	last=Bennett	first=S. C.	year=2025	title=A review of the pterosaur Gnathosaurus subulatus from the Tithonian Solnhofen Lithographic Limestones of Germany: taxonomy and ontogeny	journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen	volume=314	issue=1	pages=93–114	doi=10.1127/njgpa/2025/1245	bibcode=2025NJGPA.314...93B }}	[[File:Aurorazhdarcho primordius.jpg	200px]]
Aussiedraco	Kellner, Rodrigues & Costa	2011	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Australia	Known from a partial mandibular symphysis lacking the teeth
Austriadactylus	Dalla Vecchia et al.	2002	Valid	Late Triassic	Austria	Possessed an elongated skull that may have carried a widened bony crest	[[File:Austriadactylus restoration.jpg	200px]]
Austriadraco	Kellner	2015	Valid	Late Triassic	Austria	Its scapula is relatively long in comparison to the coracoid
Avgodectes	Peters	2004	Jr. synonym	N/A	N/A	Junior synonym of Haopterus
Aymberedactylus	Pêgas et al.	2016	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil	Likely had a horned sheath above the tip of its jaw, a trait shared with the coeval Tupandactylus	[[File:Aymberedactylus.PNG	200px]]
Azhdarcho	Nesov	1984	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Kazakhstan
Tajikistan?
Uzbekistan	This genus is the namesake of the Azhdarchidae, a family of pterosaurs noted for their elongated limbs and very long necks	[[File:Azhdarcho pair.png	200px]]
Bakiribu	Pêgas et al.	2025	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil	Possessed a unique pattern of interlocking comb-like teeth in its jaws that were probably used for filter feeding, similarly to its Argentinian relative Pterodaustro
Bakonydraco	Ősi, Weishampel & Jianu	2005	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Hungary	Has been variously suggested to be a tapejarid, an azhdarchid, or an azhdarchoid placed outside those groups	[[File:Bakonydraco.jpg	200px]]
Balaenognathus	Martill et al.	2023	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany	Distinguishable by the spatula-shaped tip of the rostrum	[[File:Balaenognathus (life restoration).png	200px]]
Banguela	Headden & Campos	2015	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil	author=Jaime A. Headden and Hebert B.N. Campos	year=2015	title=An unusual edentulous pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation of Brazil	journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology	volume=27	issue=7	pages=815–826	doi=10.1080/08912963.2014.904302	s2cid=129306469 }} then considered a species of Thalassodromeus, and finally regarded as a valid taxon, potentially a chaoyangopterid	[[File:Banguela oberlii.png	200px]]
Barbaridactylus	Longrich et al.	2018	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Morocco	Its femur is similar in morphology to that of Pteranodon	[[File:Journal.pbio.2001663.png	200px]]
Barbosania	Elgin & Frey	2011	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil	Several remains formerly assigned to Brasileodactylus may actually belong to this genus
Batrachognathus	Ryabinin	1948	Valid	Late Jurassic	Kazakhstan	Discovered in a lacustrine sediment similar to the deposits found in the German Solnhofen Limestone	[[File:Batrachognathus volans.jpg	200px]]
Beipiaopterus	Lü	2003	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China	A 2005 analysis of the preserved wing membrane shows that it contained various blood vessels, an adaptation to thermoregulation	[[File:Beipiaopterus chenianus.jpg	200px]]
Bellubrunnus	Hone et al.	2012	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany	Unique among pterosaurs for its forward-curving wingtips	[[File:Bellubrunnus rothgaengeri.png	200px]]
Belonochasma	Broili	1939	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	Subsequently found to be a reptile of uncertain affinities
Bennettazhia	Nessov	1991	Valid	Early Cretaceous	United States	Originally mistakenly believed to be a species of the unrelated Pteranodon	[[File:Bennettazhia oregonensis Schematic.png	200px]]
Bergamodactylus	Kellner	2015	Jr. synonym	N/A	N/A	Junior synonym of Carniadactylus
Bogolubovia	Nessov & Yarkov	1989	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Russia	Had been considered a dubious name that may be synonymous with Volgadraco, although its validity was reaffirmed by later research
Boreopterus	Lü & Ji	2005	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China	Possessed quite large teeth
Brachytrachelus	Giebel	1850	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	Preoccupied name; now known as Scaphognathus
Brasileodactylus	Kellner	1984	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil	Had a long pointed snout with cone-shaped teeth
Cacibupteryx	Gasparini, Fernández & de la Fuente	2004	Valid	Late Jurassic	Cuba	Based on a three-dimensionally preserved partial skull
Caelestiventus	Britt et al.	2018	Valid	Late Triassic	United States	One of the largest Triassic pterosaurs	[[File:Caelestiventus NT.jpg	200px]]
Caiuajara	Manzig et al.	2014	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil	Known from large concentrations of fossils belonging to individuals of different ages, indicating it might have lived in colonies	[[File:Caiuajara skulls.png	200px]]
Camposipterus	Rodrigues & Kellner	2013	Valid	Early Cretaceous	United Kingdom
(England)	Its snout was rounded when viewed from the side	[[File:Camposipterus.jpg	200px]]
Campylognathoides	Strand	1928	Valid	Early Jurassic	Germany
India?	Preserved gut contents of one specimen suggest a diet of cephalopods for this taxon	[[File:Campylogn DB.jpg	200px]]
Campylognathus	Plieninger	1894	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	Preoccupied name; now known as Campylognathoides
Carniadactylus	Dalla Vecchia	2009	Valid	Late Triassic	Italy	Similar to Eudimorphodon but much smaller, suggesting these taxa occupied different ecological niches	[[File:Bergamodactylus NT.jpg	200px]]
Cascocauda	Yang et al.	2022	Valid	Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic	China	Some of the preserved pycnofibres are similar to the feathers of maniraptoran theropod dinosaurs, implying a close relationship between these integuments
Cathayopterus	Wang & Zhou	2006	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China	Described based on an incomplete skull damaged on the left side
Caulkicephalus	Steel et al.	2005	Valid	Early Cretaceous	United Kingdom
(England)	May have had a backwards-pointing crest on its head	[[File:Caulkicephalus trimicrodon.jpg	200px]]
Caupedactylus	Kellner	2013	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil	Possessed an exceptionally thin crest that descended over the parietals	[[File:Unnamed pterosaur.jpg	200px]]
Caviramus	Fröbisch & Fröbisch	2006	Valid	Late Triassic	Switzerland	Its discovery indicates a greater diversity of Triassic pterosaurs than previously thought	[[File:Caviramus.png	200px]]
Cearadactylus	Leonardi & Borgomanero	1985	Valid?	Early Cretaceous	Brazil	Has been interpreted as a possible junior synonym of Brasileodactylus	[[File:Cearadactylus.jpg	200px]]
last1=Martin-Silverstone	first1=Elizabeth	last2=Unwin	first2=David M.	last3=Cuff	first3=Andrew R.	last4=Brown	first4=Emily E.	last5=Allington-Jones	first5=Lu	last6=Barrett	first6=Paul M.	date=2024-02-05	title=A new pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Skye, Scotland and the early diversification of flying reptiles	journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology	volume=43	issue=4	article-number=e2298741	language=en	doi=10.1080/02724634.2023.2298741	issn=0272-4634	doi-access=free }}	Martin-Silverstone et al.	2024	Valid	Middle Jurassic	United Kingdom
(Scotland)	May have lived in a low-salinity lagoon habitat with wet and dry seasons	[[File:Ceoptera Size Comparison.svg	200px]]
Changchengopterus	Lü	2009	Valid	Middle Jurassic	China	Known from two specimens belonging to different ontogenetic stages
Chaoyangopterus	Wang & Zhou	2003	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China	Originally assigned by its describers to the Nyctosauridae
Cimoliopterus	Rodrigues & Kellner	2013	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United Kingdom
(England)
United States	Its fossils are mainly known from marine deposits, suggesting an adaptation for long-distance oceanic soaring for the animal	[[File:Cimoliopterus dunni.jpg	200px]]
Cimoliornis	Owen	1846	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United Kingdom
(England)	Once erroneously believed to be a giant albatross-like bird	[[File:Cimoliornis diomedeus.jpg	200px]]
Coloborhynchus	Owen	1874	Valid	Early Cretaceous	United Kingdom
(England)	Has had a highly convoluted history of taxonomy	[[File:Coloborhynchus.png	200px]]
Comodactylus	Galton	1981	Dubious	Late Jurassic	United States	The first non-pterodactyloid pterosaur discovered in North America. Known from a single metacarpal
			Valid
Cryodrakon	Hone et al.	2019	Valid		N. America
			Valid
			Nomen nudum
Daohugoupterus	Cheng et al.	2015	Valid		Asia
			Valid
			Valid
Dearc	Jagielska et al.	2022	Valid	Middle Jurassic	Isle of Skye
			Valid
			Nomen dubium
			Valid
			Valid
			Valid
Draigwenia	Holgado	2021	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Europe
			Valid
			Valid
			Valid
			Valid
Europejara	Vullo
2012	Valid		Europe
	Vremir
2013	Valid		Europe
last1 = Kessler	first1 = E.	last2 = Jurcsák	first2 = T.	year = 1986	title = New contributions to the knowledge of the Lower Cretaceous bird remains from Cornet (Romania)	journal = Travaux du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa"	volume = 28	pages = 289–295 }}	Kessler
1986	Valid		Europe	author1=Federico L. Agnolin	author2=David Varricchio	name-list-style=amp	year=2012	title=Systematic reinterpretation of Piksi barbarulna Varricchio, 2002 from the Two Medicine Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Western USA (Montana) as a pterosaur rather than a bird	url=http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/science/science/DocScientifique/publications/presentation/publicationAP/ficheContenu.xsp?CONTENU_ID=4592&PARUTION_ID=2966&PUBLICATION_ID=21&idx=6&nav=listeParution	archive-url=https://archive.today/20130107012637/http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/science/science/DocScientifique/publications/presentation/publicationAP/ficheContenu.xsp?CONTENU_ID=4592&PARUTION_ID=2966&PUBLICATION_ID=21&idx=6&nav=listeParution	archive-date=2013-01-07	journal=Geodiversitas	volume=34	issue=4	pages=883–894	doi=10.5252/g2012n4a10	bibcode=2012Geodv..34..883A	s2cid=56002643	url-access=subscription }}
			Valid
			Valid
Ferrodraco	Pentland et al.	2019	Valid		Australia
Florges
Forfexopterus	Jiang et al.	2016	Valid		Asia
last1=Giaretta	first1=Ariovaldo A.	last2=Navarro	first2=Bruno A.	last3=Marinho	first3=Thiago S.	last4=Pêgas	first4=R. Vargas	date=September 2025	title=The first pterosaur from the Bauru Group: an azhdarchid from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil	journal=Papers in Palaeontology	language=en	volume=11	issue=5	article-number=e70039	doi=10.1002/spp2.70039	bibcode=2025PPal...1170039G	issn=2056-2799	doi-access=free}}	Giaretta et al.	2025	Valid		South America
			Jr. synonym	N/A	N/A	Jr. synonym of Cycnorhamphus.
url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667125000588	title=First gnathosaurine (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Early Cretaceous of eastern Thailand	journal=Cretaceous Research	last1=Manitkoon	first1=Sita	last2=Pêgas	first2=Rodrigo V.	last3=Nonsrirach	first3=Thanit	last4=Warapeang	first4=Prapasiri	last5=Lauprasert	first5=Komsorn	last6=Deesri	first6=Uthumporn	last7=Tumpeesuwan	first7=Sakboworn	last8=Wongko	first8=Kamonlak	last9=Zhou	first9=Xuanyu	year=2025	volume=173	article-number=106135	doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106135	bibcode=2025CrRes.17306135M	url-access=subscription }}	Manitkoon et al.	2025	Valid		Asia
			Jr. synonym	N/A
			Valid
			Valid
			Valid
last1=Pêgas	first1=R. V.	last2=Zhou	first2=X.	last3=Kobayashi	first3=Y.	year=2025	title=Azhdarchid pterosaur diversity in the Bayanshiree Formation, Upper Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert, Mongolia	journal=PeerJ	volume=13	article-number=e19711	doi=10.7717/peerj.19711	pmid=40980062	pmc=12447946	doi-access=free }}	Pêgas et al.	2025	Valid		Asia
Guidraco	Wang
2012	Valid		Asia
			Misidentification
Haliskia	Pentland et al.	2024	Valid		Australia
	Wang
2014	Valid		Asia
			Valid
			Valid
			Valid
			Valid
Iberodactylus	Holgado et al.	2019	Valid		Europe
	Wang
2014	Valid		Asia
last1=Rosenbach	first1=K. L.	last2=Goodvin	first2=D. M.	last3=Albshysh	first3=M. G.	last4=Azzam	first4=H. A.	last5=Smadi	first5=A. A.	last6=Mustafa	first6=H. A.	last7=Zalmout	first7=I. S. A.	last8=Wilson Mantilla	first8=J. A.	year=2024	title=New pterosaur remains from the Late Cretaceous of Afro-Arabia provide insight into flight capacity of large pterosaurs	journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology	volume=44	issue=1	article-number=e2385068	doi=10.1080/02724634.2024.2385068	bibcode=2024JVPal..44E5068R	doi-access=free}}	Rosenbach et al.	2024	Valid		Asia
last1=Thomas	first1=Henry N.	last2=Hone	first2=David W. E.	last3=Gomes	first3=Timothy	last4=Peterson	first4=Joseph E.	date=2025-02-28	title=Infernodrakon hastacollis gen. et sp. nov., a new azhdarchid pterosaur from the Hell Creek Formation of Montana, and the pterosaur diversity of Maastrichtian North America	journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology	volume=44	issue=4	article-number=e2442476	doi=10.1080/02724634.2024.2442476	issn=0272-4634}}	Thomas et al.	2025	Valid		North America
Keresdrakon	Kellner et al.	2019	Valid		S. America
	Andres
2014	Valid	and/or	Asia
		2020
Limnornis	Kessler
1984	Preoccupied		Europe	Originally described as a bird; fossils later renamed Palaeolimnornis
Linlongopterus	Rodrigues et al.	2015	Valid		Asia
Lingyuanopterus	Xu et al.	2022	Valid		Asia
	Rodrigues
2013	Valid		Europe
			Valid
Luopterus	Hone	2020	Valid		Asia
Lusognathus	Fernandes et al.	2023	Valid		Europe
			Valid
Makrodactylus	Hone et al.	2025	Valid		Europe
last1=Wang	first1=Xiaolin	last2=Kellner	first2=Alexander W. A.	last3=Jiang	first3=Shunxing	last4=Chen	first4=He	last5=Costa	first5=Fabiana R.	last6=Cheng	first6=Xin	last7=Zhang	first7=Xinjun	last8=Nova	first8=Bruno C. Vila	last9=de Almeida Campos	first9=Diogenes	last10=Sayão	first10=Juliana M.	last11=Rodrigues	first11=Taissa	last12=Bantim	first12=Renan A. M.	last13=Saraiva	first13=Antônio A. F.	last14=Zhou	first14=Zhonghe	date=2023-12-21	title=A new toothless pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota with comments on the Chaoyangopteridae	journal=Scientific Reports	language=en	volume=13	issue=1	page=22642	doi=10.1038/s41598-023-48076-7	issn=2045-2322	doi-access=free	pmid=38129429	pmc=10739979	bibcode=2023NatSR..1322642W }}	Wang
2023	Valid		Asia
Moganopterus	Lü
2012	Valid		Asia
author1=Borja Holgado	author2=Rodrigo V. Pêgas	year=2020	title=A taxonomic and phylogenetic review of the anhanguerid pterosaur group Coloborhynchinae and the new clade Tropeognathinae	journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica	volume=65	doi=10.4202/app.00751.2020	doi-access=free }}	Holgado
2020	Valid		Africa
			Valid
Orientognathus	Lü et al.	2015	Valid		Asia
			Valid
Otogopterus	Ji
2020	Valid		Asia
last1=Martínez	first1=R. N.	last2=Andres	first2=B.	last3=Apaldetti	first3=C.	last4=Cerda	first4=I. A.	year=2022	title=The dawn of the flying reptiles: first Triassic record in the southern hemisphere	journal=Papers in Palaeontology	volume=8	issue=2	article-number=e1424	doi=10.1002/spp2.1424	bibcode=2022PPal....8E1424M	s2cid=247494547	issn=2056-2799}}	Martínez
2022	Valid		S. America
Palaeocursornis	Kessler
1986	Valid		Europe	Originally described under the name Limnornis as a bird; Limnornis was preoccupied, and the fossils were subsequently reinterpreted as pterosaurian.
Pangupterus	Lü et al.	2016	Valid		Asia
			Valid
Piksi	Varricchio	2002	Valid		N. America	Originally described as a bird, subsequently reinterpreted as a pterosaur.
			Valid
			Valid
Pterofiltrus	Jiang
2011	Valid		Asia
			Valid
			Valid
last1=Andres	first1=Brian	last2=Myers	first2=Timothy S.	year=2013	title=Lone Star Pterosaurs	journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh	volume=103	issue=3–4	pages=383–398	doi=10.1017/S1755691013000303	s2cid = 84617119}}	Andres
2013	Valid		N. America
			Misidentification	N/A	N/A	At first it was thought to be a Triassic pterosaur, but is now known to be (at least in part) a kuehneosaurid.
			Valid
author=Naish, D.	author2=Dyke, G.	author3=Cau, A.	author4=Escuillié, F.	author5=Godefroit, P.	year=2012	title=A gigantic bird from the Upper Cretaceous of Central Asia	journal=Biology Letters	volume=8	number=1	pages= 97–100	doi=10.1098/rsbl.2011.0683	pmid=21835881	pmc=3259976	bibcode=2012BiLet...8...97N }}	Naish
2012	Valid		Asia	Originally described as a bird but reinterpreted as a pterosaur.
			Valid
			Valid
			Valid
Seazzadactylus	Dalla Vecchia	2019	Valid		Europe
			Valid
			Valid
			Valid
			Valid
			Valid
last1=Hone	first1=David W. E.	last2=Fitch	first2=Adam	last3=Selzer	first3=Stefan	last4=Lauer	first4=René	last5=Lauer	first5=Bruce	date=2024-11-18	title=A new and large monofenestratan reveals the evolutionary transition to the pterodactyloid pterosaurs	journal=Current Biology	volume=34	issue=23	pages=5607–5614.e3	language=en	doi=10.1016/j.cub.2024.10.023	pmid=39561774	bibcode=2024CBio...34.5607H	issn=0960-9822	doi-access=free}}	Hone et al.	2024	Valid		Europe
Spathagnathus	Fernandes et al.	2025	Valid		Europe
			Valid
			Valid
Targaryendraco	Pêgas et al.	2019	Valid		Europe
			Valid
			Valid
			Valid
last1=Richards	first1=T.M.	last2=Stumkat	first2=P.E.	last3=Salisbury	first3=S.W.	year=2021	title=A new species of crested pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea, Anhangueridae) from the Lower Cretaceous (upper Albian) of Richmond, North West Queensland, Australia	journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology	volume=41	issue=3	article-number=e1946068	doi=10.1080/02724634.2021.1946068	bibcode=2021JVPal..41E6068R	doi-access=free}}
			Preoccupied			Preoccupied by a simuliid blackfly. It was later renamed Arambourgiania.
last1=Pêgas	first1=Rodrigo V.	date=2024-06-10	title=A taxonomic note on the tapejarid pterosaurs from the Pterosaur Graveyard site (Caiuá Group, ?Early Cretaceous of Southern Brazil): evidence for the presence of two species	journal=Historical Biology	volume=37	issue=5	language=en	pages=1277–1298	url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/381306918	doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2355664	issn=0891-2963}}	Pêgas	2024	Valid		South America
Tsogtopteryx	Pêgas et al.	2025	Valid		Asia
	Naish
2013	Valid		Europe
			Valid
Wellnhopterus	Andres,
Langston Jr.	2021	Valid	Late Cretaceous	N. America
	Codorniú
2013	Valid		S. America
Wightia	Martill et al.	2020	Valid		Europe
			Nomen nudum
Yelaphomte	Martínez
2022	Valid		S. America

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Ichnogenera

Genus	Authors	Year	Status	Age	Location	Notes

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Oogenera

Although pterosaur eggs are known, some with complete embryos, no oogenera have been erected to house them. The holotype of the oospecies Oolithes sphaericus was briefly considered by Harry Govier Seeley to be pterosaurian in origin, although this attribution was dismissed before the formal erection of that oogenus.

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