Istiodactylidae
Family of istiodactyliform pterosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Istiodactylidae is a small family of pterosaurs. This family was named in 2001 after the type genus Istiodactylus was discovered not to be a member of the genus Ornithodesmus.
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Istiodactylids | |
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Life restoration of Istiodactylus latidens feeding on a stegosaur corpse. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Clade: | †Lanceodontia |
Clade: | †Istiodactyliformes |
Family: | †Istiodactylidae Howse, Milner & Martill, 2001 |
Type species | |
†Ornithodesmus latidens Hooley, 1913 | |
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