List of pterosaur genera facts for kids

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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 268 genera.

Scope and terminology
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See also

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.

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Genera

Genus	Authors	Year	Status	Age	Location	Notes
Aerodactylus	Vidovic Martill	2014	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Europe
Aerodraco	Holgado Pêgas	2020	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Europe
Aerotitan	Novas et al.	2012	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	S. America
Aetodactylus	Myers	2010	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	N. America
Afrotapejara	Martill et al	2020	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Africa
Aidachar	Nesov	1981	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	Actually a teleost fish whose remains were originally mistaken for jaw fragments of a ctenochasmatid. The mistake was corrected in 1986.
Alamodactylus	Andres Myers	2013	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	N. America
Alanqa	Ibrahim et al.	2010	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Africa
Albadraco	Solomon et al.	2019	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Europe
Alcione	Longrich et al.	2018	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Africa
Allkaruen	Codorniú et al.	2016	Valid	4 Early Jurassic or 5 Middle Jurassic	S. America
Altmuehlopterus	Vidovic Martill	2017	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Europe
Amblydectes	Hooley	1914	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Europe
Angustinaripterus	He Xinlu et al.	1983	Valid	5 Middle Jurassic	Asia	Known from a single skull recovered from the Shaximiao Formation. Its Dorygnathus-like teeth suggest it had a piscivorous diet.
Anhanguera	Campos Kellner	1985	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	S. America	A piscivorous anhanguerid from the Santana Formation. A study of its anatomy helped resolve controversy regarding pterodacyloids' posture while on the ground.
Anurognathus	Döderlein	1923	Valid	6 Late Jurassic.	Europe	A tiny (50 cm wingspan) insectivore known only from two skeletons recovered from the Solnhofen Formation.
Apatomerus	Williston	1903	Misidentification	7 Early Cretaceous	N. America	Probably a misidentified plesiosaur.
Apatorhamphus	McPhee et al.	2020	Valid	8 Early Cretaceous	Africa
Arambourgiania	Nesov Kanznyshkina Cherepanov	1987	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Asia
Aralazhdarcho	Averianov	2007	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Asia
Araripedactylus	Wellnhofer	1977	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	S. America
Araripesaurus	Price	1971	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	S. America
Archaeoistiodactylus	Lü Fucha	2011	Valid	5 Middle Jurassic	Asia
Arcticodactylus	Kellner	2015	Valid	3 Late Triassic	Europe
Ardeadactylus	Bennett	2013	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Europe
Argentinadraco	Kellner & Calvo	2017	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	S. America
Arthurdactylus	Frey Martill	1994	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	S. America
Aurorazhdarcho	Frey Meyer Tischlinger	2011	Valid	6 Late Jurassic.	Europe
Aussiedraco	Kellner Rodrigues Costa	2011	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Australia
Austriadactylus	Dalla Vecchia Wild Reitner	2002	Valid	3 Late Triassic	Europe
Austriadraco	Kellner	2015	Valid	3 Late Triassic	Europe
Avgodectes	Peters	2004	Jr. synonym	N/A	N/A	Probable junior synonym of Haopterus.
Aymberedactylus	Pêgas et al.	2016	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	S. America
Azhdarcho	Nesov	1984	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Asia
Bakonydraco	Ösi Weishampel Jianu	2005	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Europe
Balaenognathus	Martill et al.	2023	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Europe
Banguela	Headden Campos	2015	Jr. synonym	7 Early Cretaceous	S. America	Subjective junior synonym of Thalassodromeus.
Barbaridactylus	Longrich et al.	2018	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Africa
Barbosania	Elgin Frey	2011	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	S. America
Batrachognathus	Rjabinin	1948	Valid	6 Late Jurassic.	Asia
Beipiaopterus	Lü	2003	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Belonochasma	Broili	1939	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	A non-pterosaurian gnathostome.
Bellubrunnus	Hone et al.	2012	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Europe
Bennettazhia	Nesov	1991	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	N. America
Bergamodactylus	Kellner	2015	Valid	3 Late Triassic	Europe
Bogolubovia	Nesov A. A. Yarkov	1989	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Asia
Boreopterus	Lü Q. Ji	2005	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Brachytrachelus	Giebel	1852	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	preoccupied name; now known as Scaphognathus
Brasileodactylus	Kellner	1984	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	S. America
Cacibupteryx	Gasparini Fernández de la Fuente	2004	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Cuba
Caelestiventus	Britt Dalla Vecchia Chure et al.	2018	Valid	3 Late Triassic	North America
Caiuajara	Manzig et al.	2014	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	S. America
Camposipterus	Rodrigues Kellner	2013	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Europe
"Campylognathus"	Plieninger	1894	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	preoccupied name; now known as Campylognathoides
Campylognathoides	Strand	1928	Valid	5 Early Jurassic	Europe
Carniadactylus	Dalla Vecchia	2009	Valid	3 Late Triassic	Europe	Formerly Eudimorphodon rosenfeldi.
Cascocauda	Yang et al.	2022	Valid	Middle Jurassic-Late Jurassic	Asia
Cathayopterus	Wang Zhou	2006	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Caulkicephalus	Steel Martill et al.	2005	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Europe
Caupedactylus	Kellner	2013	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	S. America
Caviramus	Fröbisch Fröbisch	2006	Valid	3 Late Triassic	Europe
Cearadactylus	Leonardi Borgomanero	1985	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	S. America
Ceoptera	Martin-Silverstone et al.	2024	Valid	5 Middle Jurassic	Isle of Skye
Changchengopterus	Lü	2009	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Asia
Chaoyangopterus	Wang Zhou	2003	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Cimoliopterus	Rodrigues Kellner	2013	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Europe
Cimoliornis	Owen	1846	Nomen nudum	N/A	N/A
Coloborhynchus	Owen	1874	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Europe N. America S. America Africa
Comodactylus	Galton	1981	Nomen dubium	6 Late Jurassic	N. America
Cratonopterus	Jiang et al.	2023	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Cretornis	Fritsch	1880	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Europe
Criorhynchus	Owen	1874	Jr. synonym	N/A	N/A	Jr. synonym of Ornithocheirus.
Cryodrakon	Hone et al.	2019	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	N. America
Ctenochasma	von Meyer	1852	Valid	6 Late Jurassic.	Europe
Cuspicephalus	Martill Etches	2013	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Europe
Cycnorhamphus	Seeley	1870	Valid	6 Late Jurassic.	Europe
"Daitingopterus"	Maisch Matzke Ge Sun	2004	Nomen nudum	6 Late Jurassic	Europe
Daohugoupterus	Cheng et al.	2015	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Asia
Darwinopterus	Lü Unwin et al.	2009	Valid	5 Middle Jurassic	Asia	Intermediate form between rhamphorhynchoids and pterodactyloids.
Dawndraco	Kellner	2010	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	N. America	Possible junior synonym of Geosternbergia.
Dearc	Jagielska et al.	2022	Valid	Middle Jurassic	Isle of Skye
Dendrorhynchoides	S.-A. Ji Q. Ji Padian	1999	Valid	6 Late Jurassic or 7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
"Dendrorhynchus"	S.-A. Ji Q. Ji	1998	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	Preoccupied name; now known as Dendrorhynchoides.
Dermodactylus	Marsh	1881	Nomen dubium	6 Late Jurassic	N. America
Dimorphodon	Owen	1859	Valid	4 Early Jurassic	Europe
Diopecephalus	Seeley	1871	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Europe
Dolicorhamphus	Seeley	1875	Nomen dubium	5 Middle Jurassic	Europe
Domeykodactylus	Martill Frey et al.	2000	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	S. America
Doratorhynchus	Seeley	1875	Nomen vanum	6 Late Jurassic or 7 Early Cretaceous	Europe
Dorygnathus	Wagner	1860	Valid	5 Early Jurassic	Europe
Douzhanopterus	Wang et al.	2017	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Asia
Draigwenia	Holgado	2021	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Europe
Dsungaripterus	Young	1964	Valid	6 Late Jurassic-7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Elanodactylus	Andres Ji, Q.	2008	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Eoazhdarcho	Lü Ji	2005	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Eopteranodon	Lü Zhang	2005	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Eosipterus	Ji Ji	1997	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Epapatelo	Fernandes et al.	2022	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Africa
Eudimorphodon	Zambelli	1973	Valid	2 Late Triassic	Europe
Europejara	Vullo et al.	2012	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Europe
Eurazhdarcho	Vremir et al.	2013	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Europe
Eurolimnornis	Kessler Jurcsák	1986	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Europe	Originally described as a bird, subsequently reinterpreted as a pterosaur.
Faxinalipterus	Bonaparte, et al.	2010	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	Originally described as a pterosaur, but has since been reinterpreted as a non-pterosaur pterosauromorph.
Feilongus	Wang, Kellner, et al.	2005	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Fenghuangopterus	Lü Fucha Chen	2010	Valid	5 Middle Jurassic	Asia
Ferrodraco	Pentland et al.	2019	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Australia
Forfexopterus	Jiang et al.	2016	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Gallodactylus	Fabre	1974	Jr. synonym	N/A	N/A	Jr. synonym of Cycnorhamphus.
Geosternbergia	Miller	1978	Valid	N/A	N/A	Probable Jr. synonym of Pteranodon.
Gegepterus	X. Wang Kellner et al.	2007	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Germanodactylus	Yang	1964	Valid	6 Late Jurassic.	Europe
Gladocephaloideus	Lü Ji Wei Liu	2011	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Gnathosaurus	von Meyer	1833	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Europe
Guidraco	Wang et al.	2012	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Gwawinapterus	Arbour Currie	2011	Misidentification	8 Late Cretaceous	N. America	Initially thought to be an istiodactylid pterosaur, but subsequently reinterpreted as an indeterminate saurodontid fish.
Hamipterus	Wang et al.	2014	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Haopterus	Wang X. Lü	2001	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Harpactognathus	Carpenter Unwin et al.	2003	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	N. America
Hatzegopteryx	Buffetaut Grigorescu Csiki	2002	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Europe
Herbstosaurus	Casamiquela	1974	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	S. America
Hongshanopterus	X. Wang Campos et al.	2008	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Huanhepterus	Dong	1982	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Asia
Huaxiadraco	Pêgas et al.	2023	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Huaxiapterus	Lü C. Yuan	2005	Nomen dubium	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia	Possible junior synonym of Sinopterus.
Iberodactylus	Holgado et al.	2019	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Europe
Ikrandraco	Wang et al.	2014	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Ingridia	Unwin Martill	2007	Jr. snyonym	N/A	N/A	Objective Jr. synonym of Tupandactylus.
Istiodactylus	Howse Milner Martill	2001	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Europe
Javelinadactylus	Campos	2021	Jr. synonym	N/A	N/A	Junior synonym of Wellnhopterus. Although named a few months earlier, its description was retracted over allegations that the describer did not have access to its holotype, and seemingly wrote it to beat out a major series of papers which the Wellnhopterus description was part of.
Jeholopterus	X. Wang Zhou	2002	Valid	5 Middle Jurassic or 7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Jianchangnathus	Cheng Wang Jiang Kellner	2012	Valid	5 Middle Jurassic	Asia
Jianchangopterus	Lü Bo	2011	Valid	5 Middle Jurassic	Asia
Jidapterus	Dong Sun Wu	2003	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Kariridraco	Cerqueira et al.	2021	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	S. America
Kepodactylus	Harris Carpenter	1996	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	N. America
Keresdrakon	Kellner et al.	2019	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous to 8 Late Cretaceous	S. America
Klobiodon	O'Sullivan Martill	2018	Valid	5 Middle Jurassic	Europe
Kunpengopterus	X. Wang Kellner et al.	2010	Valid	5 Middle Jurassic	Asia
Kryptodrakon	Andres Clark Xu	2014	Valid	5 Middle Jurassic and/or 6 Late Jurassic	Asia
Lacusovagus	Witton	2008	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	S. America
Laopteryx	Marsh	1881	Nomen dubium	6 Late Jurassic	N. America
Leptostomia	Smith et al.	2020	Valid	7 Early or 8 Late Cretaceous	Africa
Liaodactylus	C.-F. Zhou et al.	2017	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Asia
Liaoningopterus	X.-L. Wang Z.-H. Zhou	2003	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Liaoxipterus	Dong Lü	2005	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Limnornis	Kessler Jurcsák	1984	Preoccupied	7 Early Cretaceous	Europe	Originally described as a bird; fossils later renamed Palaeolimnornis.
Linlongopterus	Rodrigues et al.	2015	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Lingyuanopterus	Xu et al.	2022	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
"Lithosteornis"	Gervais	1844	Nomen nudum	N/A	N/A	Nomen nudum.
Lonchodectes	Hooley	1914	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous to 8 Late Cretaceous	Europe
Lonchodraco	Rodrigues Kellner	2013	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous to 8 Late Cretaceous	Europe
Lonchognathosaurus	Maisch Matzke Ge Sun	2004	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Longchengpterus	L. Wang L. Li et al.	2006	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Luchibang	Hone L. Li et al.	2020	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Ludodactylus	Frey Martill Buchy	2003	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	S. America
Luopterus	Hone	2020	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Asia
Lusognathus	Fernandes et al.	2023	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Europe
Maaradactylus	Bantim et al.	2014	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	S. America
Macrotrachelus	Giebel	1852	Jr. snyonym	N/A	N/A	Jr. synonym of Pterodactylus.
Meilifeilong	Wang Kellner et al.	2023	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Mesadactylus	Jensen Padian	1989	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	N. America
Microtuban	Elgin Frey	2011	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Africa
Mimodactylus	Kellner et al.	2019	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Lebanon
Mistralazhdarcho	Vullo Garcia Godefroit et al.	2018	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Europe
Moganopterus	Lü et al.	2012	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Montanazhdarcho	Padian Horner de Ricqlès	1993	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	N. America
Muzquizopteryx	Frey Buchy et al.	2006	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	N. America
Mythunga	Molnar Thulborn	2008	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Australia
Navajodactylus	Sullivan Fowler	2011	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	N. America
Nemicolopterus	X. Wang Kellner et al.	2008	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Nesodactylus	Colbert	1969	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Cuba
Nesodon	Jensen Ostrom	1977	Lapsus calami	N/A	N/A	Misspelling of Nesodactylus, also preoccupied by a toxodont.
Nicorhynchus	Holgado Pêgas	2020	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous to 8 Late Cretaceous	Africa Europe
Ningchengopterus	Lü	2009	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Noripterus	Yang	1973	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Normannognathus	Buffetaut J.-J. Lepage G. Lepage	1998	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Europe
Nurhachius	Wang Kellner et al.	2003	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Nyctodactylus	Marsh	1881	Jr. snyonym	N/A	N/A	Jr. synonym of Nyctosaurus.
Nyctosaurus	Marsh	1876	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	N. America, S. America
"Odontorhynchus"	Stolley	1936	Jr. snyonym	N/A	N/A	Jr. synonym of Rhamphorhynchus.
"Oolithorhynchus"	Whalley	2000	Nomen nudum			Manuscript name about which almost nothing is known.
Orientognathus	Lü et al.	2015	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Asia
Ordosipterus	Ji	2020	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Ornithocephalus	von Sömmering	1812	Jr. snyonym	N/A	N/A	Jr. synonym of Pterodactylus.
Ornithocheirus	Seeley	1869	Valid	6 Early Cretaceous.	Europe
Ornithodesmus	Seeley	1887	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	Misidentified dromaeosaurid.
Ornithopterus	Fitzinger	1843	Jr. snyonym	N/A	N/A	Jr. synonym of Rhamphorhynchus.
Ornithostoma	Seeley	1871	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Europe
"Osteornis"	Gervais	1844	Nomen nudum	N/A	Europe	Nomen ex dissertationae for pterosaur remains later named Palaeornis and Cimoliornis.
Otogopterus	Ji Zhang	2020	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Pachagnathus	Martínez et al.	2022	Valid	3 Late Triassic	S. America
Pachyrhamphus	Fitzinger	1843	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	Preoccupied name; now known as Scaphognathus
Palaeocursornis	Kessler Jurcsák	1986	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Europe	Originally described under the name Limnornis as a bird; Limnornis was preoccupied, and the fossils were subsequently reinterpreted as pterosaurian.
Palaeornis	Mantell	1844	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	preoccupied name.
Pangupterus	Lü et al.	2016	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Paranurognathus	Peters	2005	Jr. snyonym	N/A	N/A	Jr. synonym of Anurognathus.
Parapsicephalus	von Arthaber	1919	Valid	4 Early Jurassic	Europe
Peteinosaurus	Wild	1978	Valid	2 Late Triassic	Europe
Petrodactyle	Hone et al.	2023	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Europe
"Phobetor"	Bakhurina	1986	Jr. snyonym	N/A	N/A	Jr. synonym of Noripterus.
Phosphatodraco	Pereda-Suberbiola Bardet et al.	2003	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Africa
Piksi	Varricchio	2002	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	N. America	Originally described as a bird, subsequently reinterpreted as a pterosaur.
Plataleorhynchus	Howse Milner	1995	Valid	6 Late Jurassic to 7 Early Cretaceous	Europe
Prejanopterus	Vidarte Calvo	2010	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Europe
Preondactylus	Wild	1983	Valid	2 Late Triassic	Europe
"Pricesaurus"	Bonaparte Sanchez	1986	Nomen nudum	7 Early Cretaceous	S. America
Procoelosaurus	Atanassov	2002	Nomen ex dissertatione
Ptenodactylus	Seeley	1869	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	Preoccupied name.
Ptenodracon	Lydekker	1888	Jr. synonym	N/A	N/A	Junior synonym of Ctenochasma.
Pteranodon	Marsh	1876	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	N. America.
Ptéro-dactyle	Cuvier	1809		N/A	N/A	Renamed Pterodactylus.
Pterodactylus	Rafinesque	1815	Valid	6 Late Jurassic.	Africa, Europe
Pterodaustro	Bonaparte	1970	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	S. America
Pterofiltrus	Jiang Wang	2011	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Pteromimus	Atanassov	2002	Nomen ex dissertatione
Pteromonodactylus	Teryaev	1967	Jr. snyonym	N/A	N/A	Jr. synonym of Rhamphorhynchus.
Pterorhynchus	Czerkas Q. Ji	2002	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Asia
Pterotherium	Fischer von Waldheim	1813	Jr. snyonym	N/A	N/A	Jr. synonym of Pterodactylus.
Puntanipterus	Bonaparte Sanchez	1975	Valid	6 Late Jurassic to 7 Early Cretaceous	S. America
Qinglongopterus	Lü Unwin et al.	2012	Valid	5 Middle Jurassic	Asia
Quetzalcoatlus	Lawson	1975	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	N. America
Radiodactylus	Andres Myers	2013	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	N. America
Raeticodactylus	Stecher	2008	Valid	N/A	N/A	Possible junior synonym of Caviramus
Rhabdopelix	Cope	1870	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.
Rhamphinion	Padian	1984	Valid	4 Early Jurassic	N. America
Rhamphocephalus	Seeley	1880	Misidentification	5 Middle Jurassic	Europe	Originally assigned to Pterosauria, later reassigned to Thalattosuchia.
Rhamphorhynchus	von Meyer	1846	Valid	6 Late Jurassic.	Africa, Europe
Samrukia	Naish et al.	2012	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Asia	Originally described as a bird but reinterpreted as a pterosaur.
Santanadactylus	de Buisonjé	1980	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	S. America
Scaphognathus	Wagner	1861	Valid	6 Late Jurassic.	Europe
Seazzadactylus	Dalla Vecchia	2019	Valid	3 Late Triassic	Europe
Sericipterus	Andres Clark X. Xing	2010	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Asia
Serradraco	Rigal Martill Sweetman	2017	Valid	6 Late Jurassic.	Europe
Shenzhoupterus	Lü Unwin et al.	2008	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Simurghia	Longrich et al.	2018	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Africa
Sinomacrops	Wei et al.	2021	Valid	5 Middle Jurassic to 6 Late Jurassic	Asia
Sinopterus	X. Wang Z. Zhou	2003	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Siroccopteryx	Mader Kellner	1999	Valid	N/A	N/A	Possible junior synonym of Coloborhynchus
Sordes	Sharov	1971	Valid	6 Late Jurassic.	Asia
Sultanuvaisia	Nesov	1981	Misidentification	8 Late Cretaceous	Asia.	Actually a fish.
Tacuadactylus	Soto et al.	2021	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	S. America
Tapejara	Kellner	1989	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	S. America
Targaryendraco	Pêgas et al.	2019	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Europe
Tendaguripterus	Unwin Heinrich	1999	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	Africa
Tethydraco	Longrich et al.	2018	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Africa
Thalassodromeus	Kellner Campos	2002	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	S. America
Thanatosdrakon	Ortiz David et al.	2022	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	South America
Thapunngaka	Richards et al.	2021	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Australia
"Titanopteryx"	Arambourg	1959	Preoccupied	8 Late Cretaceous	Asia	Preoccupied by a simuliid blackfly. It was later renamed Arambourgiania.
Tribelesodon	Bassani	1886	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	At first it was thought to be a Triassic pterosaur but is now known to be a misinterpreted specimen of the prolacertiform Tanystropheus.
Tropeognathus	Wellnhofer	1987	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	S. America	One of the largest anhanguerids.
Tupandactylus	Kellner Campos	2007	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	S. America
Tupuxuara	Kellner Campos	1988	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	S. America
Uktenadactylus	Rodrigues Kellner	2008	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	N. America	Possible junior synonym of Coloborhynchus
Unwindia	Martill	2011	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	S. America
Utahdactylus	Czerkas Mickelson	2002	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	N. America
Vectidraco	Naish Simpson Dyke	2013	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Europe
Vesperopterylus	Lü et al.	2017	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Volgadraco	Averianov Arkhangelsky Pervushov	2008	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Asia
Wellnhopterus	Andres, Langston Jr.	2021	Valid	Late Cretaceous	N. America
Wenupteryx	Codorniú Gasparini	2013	Valid	6 Late Jurassic	S. America
Wightia	Martill et al.	2020	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Europe
Wukongopterus	X. Wang Kellner et al.	2009	Valid	5 Middle Jurassic	Asia
"Wyomingopteryx"	Bakker	1994	Nomen nudum
Xericeps	D. Martill et al.	2017	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous to 8 Late Cretaceous	Africa
Yelaphomte	Martínez et al.	2022	Valid	3 Late Triassic	S. America
Yixianopterus	Lü S. Ji et al.	2006	Valid	7 Early Cretaceous	Asia
Zhejiangopterus	Z. Cai F. Wei	1994	Valid	8 Late Cretaceous	Asia
Zhenyuanopterus	Lü	2010	Valid	7 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

Genus	Authors	Year	Status	Age	Location	Notes
Agadirichnus	Ambroggi Lapparent	1954	Valid	uK	Africa
Haenamichnus	Hwang Huh et al.	2002	Valid	uK	Asia.	More than 5 times as large as Pteraichnus, these tracks were probably made by azhdarchids.
Kouphichnium	Nopcsa	1923	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	The trackmaker was probably a limulid.
Pteraichnus	Stokes	1957	Valid	uJ	Asia Europe N. America	Some tracks attributed to Pteraichnus have been considered crocodilian in origin by some scientists (Padian, 1984) however, recent studies in the past decade have overturned Padian's thoughts.
Purbeckopus	Delair	1963	Nomen dubium	lK	Europe.

Haenamichnus

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.