Ornithocheiromorpha

Ornithocheiromorphs Temporal range: Early-Late Cretaceous, 140–94 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil specimen of Lonchodectes compressirostris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
Clade:	†Pteranodontoidea
Clade:	†Ornithocheiromorpha Andres et al.,, 2014
Subgroups
†Hongshanopterus †Lonchodectes †Lanceodontia †Ikrandraco[1] †Istiodactylidae †Anhangueria †Aetodactylus[2] †Boreopteridae †Brasileodactylus †Camposipterus[3] †Cimoliopterus[2] †Cearadactylus †Ludodactylus †Ornithocheirae †Anhangueridae †Ornithocheiridae

Ornithocheiromorpha is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea.

The Ornithocheiromorpha was defined in 2014 by Andres and colleagues. They made Ornithocheiromorpha the most inclusive clade containing Ornithocheirus but not Pteranodon.^[4]

Classification

Below is a cladogram showing the results of a phylogenetic analysis presented by Andres & Myers, 2014.^[4]

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