List of pterosaur genera facts for kids

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Pterosaurs were amazing flying reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs! This list tells you about all the different types, or genera, of pterosaurs that scientists have discovered. It includes the ones we know for sure were pterosaurs, as well as some that might have been mistaken for them, or whose names have changed over time. Right now, this list has 268 different pterosaur genera!

Understanding Pterosaur Names
- What Do the Names Mean?
The Pterosaur List
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Understanding Pterosaur Names

Scientists have special rules for naming animals, like the ones for pterosaurs. This helps everyone around the world know exactly which animal they are talking about. Here are some terms you'll see in the list:

What Do the Names Mean?

Authors and Year: This tells you who first officially described the pterosaur genus and when they published their findings. Sometimes, a pterosaur species might be so unique that it gets its own new genus, even if it was first found under a different name.
Status: This explains if the name is currently accepted by scientists.
- Junior synonym: Imagine two different scientists find the same type of pterosaur but give it different names. The first name published is the "senior synonym" and is the one used. The other name becomes a "junior synonym." It's like having two nicknames for the same person, but only one is official!
- Nomen nudum (say "NOH-men NOO-dum"): This is Latin for "naked name." It means a name was mentioned in writing but wasn't officially published with enough details for other scientists to understand it properly. These names aren't official, so they aren't written in italics in the list. If the name is later officially published, it becomes valid and gets italicized.
- Preoccupied name: This happens when a name has already been used for a different animal. If a scientist accidentally uses a name that's already taken, that second use isn't valid, and the pterosaur needs a new name. These names also aren't italicized.
- Nomen dubium (say "NOH-men DOO-bee-um"): This means "doubtful name." It's used when a fossil is found, but it's not complete enough to tell it apart from other known pterosaurs. This list doesn't use this term because it can be a bit tricky and debated among scientists.
Age: This column tells you the time period when the pterosaur lived. If a pterosaur name is invalid or was a mistake, it will say "N/A" (Not Applicable) because that pterosaur never truly existed under that name.
Location: This shows where the pterosaur's fossils were found.
Notes: This section gives you extra interesting facts or explanations about the pterosaur.

The Pterosaur List

Pterosaur Genera

Genus	Authors	Year	Status	Age	Location	Notes
Aerodactylus	Vidovic Martill	2014	Valid	Late Jurassic	Europe
Aerodraco	Holgado Pêgas	2020	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Europe
Aerotitan	Novas et al.	2012	Valid	Late Cretaceous	S. America
Aetodactylus	Myers	2010	Valid	Late Cretaceous	N. America
Afrotapejara	Martill et al	2020	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Africa
Aidachar	Nesov	1981	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	This was actually a type of fish! Its bones were first thought to be from a pterosaur, but scientists corrected the mistake in 1986.
Alamodactylus	Andres Myers	2013	Valid	Late Cretaceous	N. America
Alanqa	Ibrahim et al.	2010	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Africa
Albadraco	Solomon et al.	2019	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Europe
Alcione	Longrich et al.	2018	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Africa
Allkaruen	Codorniú et al.	2016	Valid	Early Jurassic or Middle Jurassic	S. America
Altmuehlopterus	Vidovic Martill	2017	Valid	Late Jurassic	Europe
Amblydectes	Hooley	1914	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Europe
Angustinaripterus	He Xinlu et al.	1983	Valid	Middle Jurassic	Asia	Known from a single skull. Its teeth suggest it ate fish.
Anhanguera	Campos Kellner	1985	Valid	Early Cretaceous	S. America	This pterosaur ate fish. Studying its bones helped scientists understand how pterosaurs stood on the ground.
Anurognathus	Döderlein	1923	Valid	Late Jurassic.	Europe	A tiny pterosaur with a 50 cm (20 inch) wingspan that ate insects. Only two skeletons have been found.
Apatomerus	Williston	1903	Misidentification	Early Cretaceous	N. America	This was probably a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile, not a pterosaur.
Apatorhamphus	McPhee et al.	2020	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Africa
Arambourgiania	Nesov Kanznyshkina Cherepanov	1987	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Asia
Aralazhdarcho	Averianov	2007	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Asia
Araripedactylus	Wellnhofer	1977	Valid	Early Cretaceous	S. America
Araripesaurus	Price	1971	Valid	Early Cretaceous	S. America
Archaeoistiodactylus	Lü Fucha	2011	Valid	Middle Jurassic	Asia
Arcticodactylus	Kellner	2015	Valid	Late Triassic	Europe
Ardeadactylus	Bennett	2013	Valid	Late Jurassic	Europe
Argentinadraco	Kellner & Calvo	2017	Valid	Late Cretaceous	S. America
Arthurdactylus	Frey Martill	1994	Valid	Early Cretaceous	S. America
Aurorazhdarcho	Frey Meyer Tischlinger	2011	Valid	Late Jurassic.	Europe
Aussiedraco	Kellner Rodrigues Costa	2011	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Australia
Austriadactylus	Dalla Vecchia Wild Reitner	2002	Valid	Late Triassic	Europe
Austriadraco	Kellner	2015	Valid	Late Triassic	Europe
Avgodectes	Peters	2004	Jr. synonym	N/A	N/A	Probably a junior synonym of Haopterus.
Aymberedactylus	Pêgas et al.	2016	Valid	Early Cretaceous	S. America
Azhdarcho	Nesov	1984	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Asia
Bakonydraco	Ösi Weishampel< Jianu	2005	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Europe
Balaenognathus	Martill et al.	2023	Valid	Late Jurassic	Europe
Banguela	Headden Campos	2015	Jr. synonym	Early Cretaceous	S. America	This name is a junior synonym of Thalassodromeus.
Barbaridactylus	Longrich et al.	2018	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Africa
Barbosania	Elgin Frey	2011	Valid	Late Cretaceous	S. America
Batrachognathus	Rjabinin	1948	Valid	Late Jurassic.	Asia
Beipiaopterus	Lü	2003	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Belonochasma	Broili	1939	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	This was not a pterosaur.
Bellubrunnus	Hone et al.	2012	Valid	Late Jurassic	Europe
Bennettazhia	Nesov	1991	Valid	Early Cretaceous	N. America
Bergamodactylus	Kellner	2015	Valid	Late Triassic	Europe
Bogolubovia	Nesov A. A. Yarkov	1989	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Asia
Boreopterus	Lü Q. Ji	2005	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Brachytrachelus	Giebel	1852	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	This name was already used for another animal. It's now called Scaphognathus.
Brasileodactylus	Kellner	1984	Valid	Early Cretaceous	S. America
Cacibupteryx	Gasparini Fernández de la Fuente	2004	Valid	Late Jurassic	Cuba
Caelestiventus	Britt Dalla Vecchia Chure et al.	2018	Valid	Late Triassic	North America
Caiuajara	Manzig et al.	2014	Valid	Late Cretaceous	S. America
Camposipterus	Rodrigues Kellner	2013	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Europe
"Campylognathus"	Plieninger	1894	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	This name was already used. It's now called Campylognathoides.
Campylognathoides	Strand	1928	Valid	Early Jurassic	Europe
Carniadactylus	Dalla Vecchia	2009	Valid	Late Triassic	Europe	Before, it was known as Eudimorphodon rosenfeldi.
Cascocauda	Yang et al.	2022	Valid	Middle Jurassic-Late Jurassic	Asia
Cathayopterus	Wang Zhou	2006	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Caulkicephalus	Steel Martill et al.	2005	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Europe
Caupedactylus	Kellner	2013	Valid	Early Cretaceous	S. America
Caviramus	Fröbisch Fröbisch	2006	Valid	Late Triassic	Europe
Cearadactylus	Leonardi Borgomanero	1985	Valid	Early Cretaceous	S. America
Ceoptera	Martin-Silverstone et al.	2024	Valid	Middle Jurassic	Isle of Skye
Changchengopterus	Lü	2009	Valid	Late Jurassic	Asia
Chaoyangopterus	Wang Zhou	2003	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Cimoliopterus	Rodrigues Kellner	2013	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Europe
Cimoliornis	Owen	1846	Nomen nudum	N/A	N/A	This name was never officially published with enough details.
Coloborhynchus	Owen	1874	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Europe N. America S. America Africa
Comodactylus	Galton	1981	Nomen dubium	Late Jurassic	N. America	This name is doubtful because the fossil isn't clear enough.
Cratonopterus	Jiang et al.	2023	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Cretornis	Fritsch	1880	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Europe
Criorhynchus	Owen	1874	Jr. synonym	N/A	N/A	This is a junior synonym of Ornithocheirus.
Cryodrakon	Hone et al.	2019	Valid	Late Cretaceous	N. America
Ctenochasma	von Meyer	1852	Valid	Late Jurassic.	Europe
Cuspicephalus	Martill Etches	2013	Valid	Late Jurassic	Europe
Cycnorhamphus	Seeley	1870	Valid	Late Jurassic.	Europe
"Daitingopterus"	Maisch Matzke Ge Sun	2004	Nomen nudum	Late Jurassic	Europe	This name was never officially published.
Daohugoupterus	Cheng et al.	2015	Valid	Late Jurassic	Asia
Darwinopterus	Lü Unwin et al.	2009	Valid	Middle Jurassic	Asia	This pterosaur shows features of both early and later pterosaurs.
Dawndraco	Kellner	2010	Valid	Late Cretaceous	N. America	Possibly a junior synonym of Geosternbergia.
Dearc	Jagielska et al.	2022	Valid	Middle Jurassic	Isle of Skye
Dendrorhynchoides	S.-A. Ji Q. Ji Padian	1999	Valid	Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous	Asia
"Dendrorhynchus"	S.-A. Ji Q. Ji	1998	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	This name was already used. It's now called Dendrorhynchoides.
Dermodactylus	Marsh	1881	Nomen dubium	Late Jurassic	N. America	This name is doubtful because the fossil isn't clear enough.
Dimorphodon	Owen	1859	Valid	Early Jurassic	Europe
Diopecephalus	Seeley	1871	Valid	Late Jurassic	Europe
Dolicorhamphus	Seeley	1875	Nomen dubium	Middle Jurassic	Europe	This name is doubtful because the fossil isn't clear enough.
Domeykodactylus	Martill Frey et al.	2000	Valid	Early Cretaceous	S. America
Doratorhynchus	Seeley	1875	Nomen vanum	Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous	Europe
Dorygnathus	Wagner	1860	Valid	Early Jurassic	Europe
Douzhanopterus	Wang et al.	2017	Valid	Late Jurassic	Asia
Draigwenia	Holgado	2021	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Europe
Dsungaripterus	Young	1964	Valid	Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous	Asia
Elanodactylus	Andres Ji, Q.	2008	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Eoazhdarcho	Lü Ji	2005	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Eopteranodon	Lü Zhang	2005	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Eosipterus	Ji Ji	1997	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Epapatelo	Fernandes et al.	2022	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Africa
Eudimorphodon	Zambelli	1973	Valid	Late Triassic	Europe
Europejara	Vullo et al.	2012	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Europe
Eurazhdarcho	Vremir et al.	2013	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Europe
Eurolimnornis	Kessler Jurcsák	1986	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Europe	First thought to be a bird, but later identified as a pterosaur.
Faxinalipterus	Bonaparte, et al.	2010	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	First thought to be a pterosaur, but now believed to be a different type of reptile.
Feilongus	Wang, Kellner, et al.	2005	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Fenghuangopterus	Lü Fucha Chen	2010	Valid	Middle Jurassic	Asia
Ferrodraco	Pentland et al.	2019	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Australia
Forfexopterus	Jiang et al.	2016	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Gallodactylus	Fabre	1974	Jr. synonym	N/A	N/A	This is a junior synonym of Cycnorhamphus.
Geosternbergia	Miller	1978	Valid	N/A	N/A	Probably a junior synonym of Pteranodon.
Gegepterus	X. Wang Kellner et al.	2007	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Germanodactylus	Yang	1964	Valid	Late Jurassic.	Europe
Gladocephaloideus	Lü Ji Wei Liu	2011	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Gnathosaurus	von Meyer	1833	Valid	Late Jurassic	Europe
Guidraco	Wang et al.	2012	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Gwawinapterus	Arbour Currie	2011	Misidentification	Late Cretaceous	N. America	First thought to be a pterosaur, but later identified as a type of fish.
Hamipterus	Wang et al.	2014	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Haopterus	Wang X. Lü	2001	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Harpactognathus	Carpenter Unwin et al.	2003	Valid	Late Jurassic	N. America
Hatzegopteryx	Buffetaut Grigorescu Csiki	2002	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Europe
Herbstosaurus	Casamiquela	1974	Valid	Late Jurassic	S. America
Hongshanopterus	X. Wang Campos et al.	2008	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Huanhepterus	Dong	1982	Valid	Late Jurassic	Asia
Huaxiadraco	Pêgas et al.	2023	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Huaxiapterus	Lü C. Yuan	2005	Nomen dubium	Early Cretaceous	Asia	Possibly a junior synonym of Sinopterus.
Iberodactylus	Holgado et al.	2019	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Europe
Ikrandraco	Wang et al.	2014	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Ingridia	Unwin Martill	2007	Jr. snyonym	N/A	N/A	This is a junior synonym of Tupandactylus.
Istiodactylus	Howse Milner Martill	2001	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Europe
Javelinadactylus	Campos	2021	Jr. synonym	N/A	N/A	This is a junior synonym of Wellnhopterus.
Jeholopterus	X. Wang Zhou	2002	Valid	Middle Jurassic or Early Cretaceous	Asia
Jianchangnathus	Cheng Wang Jiang Kellner	2012	Valid	Middle Jurassic	Asia
Jianchangopterus	Lü Bo	2011	Valid	Middle Jurassic	Asia
Jidapterus	Dong Sun Wu	2003	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Kariridraco	Cerqueira et al.	2021	Valid	Early Cretaceous	S. America
Kepodactylus	Harris Carpenter	1996	Valid	Late Jurassic	N. America
Keresdrakon	Kellner et al.	2019	Valid	Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous	S. America
Klobiodon	O'Sullivan Martill	2018	Valid	Middle Jurassic	Europe
Kunpengopterus	X. Wang Kellner et al.	2010	Valid	Middle Jurassic	Asia
Kryptodrakon	Andres Clark Xu	2014	Valid	Middle Jurassic and/or Late Jurassic	Asia
Lacusovagus	Witton	2008	Valid	Early Cretaceous	S. America
Laopteryx	Marsh	1881	Nomen dubium	Late Jurassic	N. America	This name is doubtful because the fossil isn't clear enough.
Leptostomia	Smith et al.	2020	Valid	Early or Late Cretaceous	Africa
Liaodactylus	C.-F. Zhou et al.	2017	Valid	Late Jurassic	Asia
Liaoningopterus	X.-L. Wang Z.-H. Zhou	2003	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Liaoxipterus	Dong Lü	2005	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Limnornis	Kessler Jurcsák	1984	Preoccupied	Early Cretaceous	Europe	First thought to be a bird, but the name was already used. Its fossils were later renamed Palaeolimnornis.
Linlongopterus	Rodrigues et al.	2015	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Lingyuanopterus	Xu et al.	2022	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
"Lithosteornis"	Gervais	1844	Nomen nudum	N/A	N/A	This name was never officially published.
Lonchodectes	Hooley	1914	Valid	Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous	Europe
Lonchodraco	Rodrigues Kellner	2013	Valid	Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous	Europe
Lonchognathosaurus	Maisch Matzke Ge Sun	2004	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Longchengpterus	L. Wang L. Li et al.	2006	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Luchibang	Hone L. Li et al.	2020	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Ludodactylus	Frey Martill Buchy	2003	Valid	Early Cretaceous	S. America
Luopterus	Hone	2020	Valid	Late Jurassic	Asia
Lusognathus	Fernandes et al.	2023	Valid	Late Jurassic	Europe
Maaradactylus	Bantim et al.	2014	Valid	Early Cretaceous	S. America
Macrotrachelus	Giebel	1852	Jr. snyonym	N/A	N/A	This is a junior synonym of Pterodactylus.
Meilifeilong	Wang Kellner et al.	2023	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Mesadactylus	Jensen Padian	1989	Valid	Late Jurassic	N. America
Microtuban	Elgin Frey	2011	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Africa
Mimodactylus	Kellner et al.	2019	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Lebanon
Mistralazhdarcho	Vullo Garcia Godefroit et al.	2018	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Europe
Moganopterus	Lü et al.	2012	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Montanazhdarcho	Padian Horner de Ricqlès	1993	Valid	Late Cretaceous	N. America
Muzquizopteryx	Frey Buchy et al.	2006	Valid	Late Cretaceous	N. America
Mythunga	Molnar Thulborn	2008	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Australia
Navajodactylus	Sullivan Fowler	2011	Valid	Late Cretaceous	N. America
Nemicolopterus	X. Wang Kellner et al.	2008	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Nesodactylus	Colbert	1969	Valid	Late Jurassic	Cuba
Nesodon	Jensen Ostrom	1977	Lapsus calami	N/A	N/A	This was a misspelling of Nesodactylus, and the name was already used for another animal.
Nicorhynchus	Holgado Pêgas	2020	Valid	Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous	Africa Europe
Ningchengopterus	Lü	2009	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Noripterus	Yang	1973	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Normannognathus	Buffetaut J.-J. Lepage G. Lepage	1998	Valid	Late Jurassic	Europe
Nurhachius	Wang Kellner et al.	2003	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Nyctodactylus	Marsh	1881	Jr. snyonym	N/A	N/A	This is a junior synonym of Nyctosaurus.
Nyctosaurus	Marsh	1876	Valid	Late Cretaceous	N. America, S. America
"Odontorhynchus"	Stolley	1936	Jr. snyonym	N/A	N/A	This is a junior synonym of Rhamphorhynchus.
"Oolithorhynchus"	Whalley	2000	Nomen nudum			This name was never officially published.
Orientognathus	Lü et al.	2015	Valid	Late Jurassic	Asia
Ordosipterus	Ji	2020	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Ornithocephalus	von Sömmering	1812	Jr. snyonym	N/A	N/A	This is a junior synonym of Pterodactylus.
Ornithocheirus	Seeley	1869	Valid	Early Cretaceous.	Europe
Ornithodesmus	Seeley	1887	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	This was a misidentified dromaeosaurid (a type of dinosaur), not a pterosaur.
Ornithopterus	Fitzinger	1843	Jr. snyonym	N/A	N/A	This is a junior synonym of Rhamphorhynchus.
Ornithostoma	Seeley	1871	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Europe
"Osteornis"	Gervais	1844	Nomen nudum	N/A	Europe	This name was never officially published.
Otogopterus	Ji Zhang	2020	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Pachagnathus	Martínez et al.	2022	Valid	Late Triassic	S. America
Pachyrhamphus	Fitzinger	1843	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	This name was already used. It's now called Scaphognathus.
Palaeocursornis	Kessler Jurcsák	1986	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Europe	First thought to be a bird, but later identified as a pterosaur.
Palaeornis	Mantell	1844	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	This name was already used.
Pangupterus	Lü et al.	2016	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Paranurognathus	Peters	2005	Jr. snyonym	N/A	N/A	This is a junior synonym of Anurognathus.
Parapsicephalus	von Arthaber	1919	Valid	Early Jurassic	Europe
Peteinosaurus	Wild	1978	Valid	Late Triassic	Europe
Petrodactyle	Hone et al.	2023	Valid	Late Jurassic	Europe
"Phobetor"	Bakhurina	1986	Jr. snyonym	N/A	N/A	This is a junior synonym of Noripterus.
Phosphatodraco	Pereda-Suberbiola Bardet et al.	2003	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Africa
Piksi	Varricchio	2002	Valid	Late Cretaceous	N. America	First thought to be a bird, but later identified as a pterosaur.
Plataleorhynchus	Howse Milner	1995	Valid	Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous	Europe
Prejanopterus	Vidarte Calvo	2010	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Europe
Preondactylus	Wild	1983	Valid	Late Triassic	Europe
"Pricesaurus"	Bonaparte Sanchez	1986	Nomen nudum	Early Cretaceous	S. America	This name was never officially published.
Procoelosaurus	Atanassov	2002	Nomen ex dissertatione
Ptenodactylus	Seeley	1869	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	This name was already used.
Ptenodracon	Lydekker	1888	Jr. synonym	N/A	N/A	This is a junior synonym of Ctenochasma.
Pteranodon	Marsh	1876	Valid	Late Cretaceous	N. America.
Ptéro-dactyle	Cuvier	1809		N/A	N/A	This name was later changed to Pterodactylus.
Pterodactylus	Rafinesque	1815	Valid	Late Jurassic.	Africa, Europe
Pterodaustro	Bonaparte	1970	Valid	Early Cretaceous	S. America
Pterofiltrus	Jiang Wang	2011	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Pteromimus	Atanassov	2002	Nomen ex dissertatione
Pteromonodactylus	Teryaev	1967	Jr. snyonym	N/A	N/A	This is a junior synonym of Rhamphorhynchus.
Pterorhynchus	Czerkas Q. Ji	2002	Valid	Late Jurassic	Asia
Pterotherium	Fischer von Waldheim	1813	Jr. snyonym	N/A	N/A	This is a junior synonym of Pterodactylus.
Puntanipterus	Bonaparte Sanchez	1975	Valid	Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous	S. America
Qinglongopterus	Lü Unwin et al.	2012	Valid	Middle Jurassic	Asia
Quetzalcoatlus	Lawson	1975	Valid	Late Cretaceous	N. America
Radiodactylus	Andres Myers	2013	Valid	Early Cretaceous	N. America
Raeticodactylus	Stecher	2008	Valid	N/A	N/A	Possibly a junior synonym of Caviramus.
Rhabdopelix	Cope	1870	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	First thought to be a Triassic pterosaur, but now known to be a different type of reptile.
Rhamphinion	Padian	1984	Valid	Early Jurassic	N. America
Rhamphocephalus	Seeley	1880	Misidentification	Middle Jurassic	Europe	First thought to be a pterosaur, but later identified as a type of marine crocodile.
Rhamphorhynchus	von Meyer	1846	Valid	Late Jurassic.	Africa, Europe
Samrukia	Naish et al.	2012	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Asia	First thought to be a bird, but later identified as a pterosaur.
Santanadactylus	de Buisonjé	1980	Valid	Early Cretaceous	S. America
Scaphognathus	Wagner	1861	Valid	Late Jurassic.	Europe
Seazzadactylus	Dalla Vecchia	2019	Valid	Late Triassic	Europe
Sericipterus	Andres Clark X. Xing	2010	Valid	Late Jurassic	Asia
Serradraco	Rigal Martill Sweetman	2017	Valid	Late Jurassic.	Europe
Shenzhoupterus	Lü Unwin et al.	2008	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Simurghia	Longrich et al.	2018	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Africa
Sinomacrops	Wei et al.	2021	Valid	Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic	Asia
Sinopterus	X. Wang Z. Zhou	2003	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Siroccopteryx	Mader Kellner	1999	Valid	N/A	N/A	Possibly a junior synonym of Coloborhynchus.
Sordes	Sharov	1971	Valid	Late Jurassic.	Asia
Sultanuvaisia	Nesov	1981	Misidentification	Late Cretaceous	Asia.	This was actually a fish.
Tacuadactylus	Soto et al.	2021	Valid	Late Jurassic	S. America
Tapejara	Kellner	1989	Valid	Early Cretaceous	S. America
Targaryendraco	Pêgas et al.	2019	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Europe
Tendaguripterus	Unwin Heinrich	1999	Valid	Late Jurassic	Africa
Tethydraco	Longrich et al.	2018	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Africa
Thalassodromeus	Kellner Campos	2002	Valid	Early Cretaceous	S. America
Thanatosdrakon	Ortiz David et al.	2022	Valid	Late Cretaceous	South America
Thapunngaka	Richards et al.	2021	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Australia
"Titanopteryx"	Arambourg	1959	Preoccupied	Late Cretaceous	Asia	This name was already used for a type of fly. It was later renamed Arambourgiania.
Tribelesodon	Bassani	1886	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	First thought to be a Triassic pterosaur, but now known to be a different type of reptile called Tanystropheus.
Tropeognathus	Wellnhofer	1987	Valid	Early Cretaceous	S. America	One of the largest pterosaurs that ate fish.
Tupandactylus	Kellner Campos	2007	Valid	Early Cretaceous	S. America
Tupuxuara	Kellner Campos	1988	Valid	Late Cretaceous	S. America
Uktenadactylus	Rodrigues Kellner	2008	Valid	Early Cretaceous	N. America	Possibly a junior synonym of Coloborhynchus.
Unwindia	Martill	2011	Valid	Late Cretaceous	S. America
Utahdactylus	Czerkas Mickelson	2002	Valid	Late Jurassic	N. America
Vectidraco	Naish Simpson Dyke	2013	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Europe
Vesperopterylus	Lü et al.	2017	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Volgadraco	Averianov Arkhangelsky Pervushov	2008	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Asia
Wellnhopterus	Andres, Langston Jr.	2021	Valid	Late Cretaceous	N. America
Wenupteryx	Codorniú Gasparini	2013	Valid	Late Jurassic	S. America
Wightia	Martill et al.	2020	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Europe
Wukongopterus	X. Wang Kellner et al.	2009	Valid	Middle Jurassic	Asia
"Wyomingopteryx"	Bakker	1994	Nomen nudum			This name was never officially published.
Xericeps	D. Martill et al.	2017	Valid	Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous	Africa
Yelaphomte	Martínez et al.	2022	Valid	Late Triassic	S. America
Yixianopterus	Lü S. Ji et al.	2006	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia
Zhejiangopterus	Z. Cai F. Wei	1994	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Asia
Zhenyuanopterus	Lü	2010	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia

Angustinaripterus

Anhanguera

Anurognathus

Aurorazhdarcho

Bakonydraco

Campylognathoides

Cearadactylus

Coloborhynchus

Ctenochasma

Dimorphodon

Dorygnathus

Dsungaripterus

Eudimorphodon

Feilongus

Germanodactylus

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Haopterus

Hatzegopteryx

Jeholopterus

Liaoningopterus

Lonchodectes

Meilifeilong

Nemicolopterus

Ningchengopterus

Noripterus

Nurhachius

Nyctosaurus

Ornithocheirus

Preondactylus

Pteranodon

Pterodactylus

Pterodaustro

Quetzalcoatlus

Rhamphorhynchus

Scaphognathus

Sordes

Tapejara

Thalassodromeus

Tupandactylus

Tupuxuara

Zhejiangopterus

Ichnogenera: Pterosaur Footprints

Scientists also study pterosaur footprints, which are called ichnogenera. These footprints give us clues about how pterosaurs walked and moved on the ground.

Genus	Authors	Year	Status	Age	Location	Notes
Agadirichnus	Ambroggi Lapparent	1954	Valid	uK	Africa
Haenamichnus	Hwang Huh et al.	2002	Valid	uK	Asia.	These footprints were more than 5 times larger than Pteraichnus and were likely made by very large pterosaurs.
Kouphichnium	Nopcsa	1923	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	The animal that made these tracks was probably a limulid (like a horseshoe crab), not a pterosaur.
Pteraichnus	Stokes	1957	Valid	uJ	Asia Europe N. America	Some scientists once thought these tracks were made by crocodiles, but newer studies have shown they were indeed from pterosaurs.
Purbeckopus	Delair	1963	Nomen dubium	lK	Europe.	This name is doubtful because the fossil isn't clear enough.

Haenamichnus

Oogenera: Pterosaur Eggs

We know that pterosaurs laid eggs, and some even have tiny pterosaur babies (embryos) inside! However, scientists haven't created special "oogenera" (names for egg types) just for pterosaur eggs yet.