Belongs within: Pterodactyloidea.
Contains: Azhdarchidae.
The Azhdarchoidea are a Cretaceous lineage of pterosaurs, characterised by toothless jaws, very large nasoantorbital fenestrae extending above the eye sockets, short wing fingers with truncated distal wing phalanges, and long legs (Witton 2013).
<==AzhdarchoideaW13 | i. s.: Palaeornis cliftii Mantell 1844 (n. d.) (see below for synonymy)RK13 |--Tapejaridae [Tapejarinae]W13 | |--Europejara olcadesorumW13 | |--TupandactylusW13 | | |--T. imperatorW13 | | `--T. navigans (Frey, Martill & Buchy 2003)W13, FMB03 [=Tapejara navigansW13] | |--Tapejara Kellner 1989FMB03 | | |--T. imperator Campos & Kellner 1997FMB03 | | `--T. wellnhoferi Kellner 1989FMB03 | `--Sinopterus [incl. Huaxiapterus]W13 | |--‘Huaxiapterus’ benxiensisW13 | |--‘Huaxiapterus’ corollatusW13 | |--S. dongi [incl. S. gui]W13 | `--S. jii [=*Huaxiapterus jii]W13 `--NeoazhdarchiaW13 | i. s.: LonchodectidaeW13 | |--Prejanopterus curvirostraW13 | |--Unwindia trigonus Martill 2011W13 | `--Lonchodectes Hooley 1914RK13 | `--*L. compressirostris (Owen 1851) (n. d.) (see below for synonymy)RK13 |--ChaoyangopteridaeW13 | |--Chaoyangopterus zhangiW13 | |--Lacusovagus magnificensW13 | |--Eopteranodon liiW13 | |--Shenzhoupterus chaoyangensisW13 | |--Microtuban altivolansW13 | |--Jidapterus Dong et al. 2003W13, A08 | | `--J. edentusW13 | `--Eoazhdarcho Lu & Ji 2005W13, A08 | `--E. liaoxiensisW13 `--+--AzhdarchidaeW13 `--ThalassodromidaeW13 | i. s.: ‘Santanadactylus’ spixi Wellnhofer 1985W13, U03 |--Thalassodromeus Kellner & Campos 2002KC02 | `--*T. sethi Kellner & Campos 2002KC02 `--Tupuxuara Kellner & Campos 1988W13, U03 |--T. cristataFMB03 |--T. deliradamusW13 |--T. leonardii Kellner & Campos 1994K03 `--T. longicristatus Kellner & Campos 1989B93
*Lonchodectes compressirostris (Owen 1851) (n. d.) [=Pterodactylus compressirostris, Ornithocheirus compressirostris, Ornithochirus (l. c.) compressirostris, Ornthocheirus (l. c.) compressirostris]RK13
Palaeornis cliftii Mantell 1844 (n. d.) [=Ornithocheirus clifti, Ornithochirus (l. c.) clifti; incl. Pterodactylus ornis Owen 1861, Pt. sylvestris Owen 1859]RK13
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[B93] Benton, M. J. 1993. Reptilia. In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 681–715. Chapman & Hall: London.
[FMB03] Frey, E., D. M. Martill & M.-C. Buchy. 2003. A new species of tapejarid pterosaur with soft-tissue head crest. In: Buffetaut, E., & J.-M. Mazin (eds) Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs. Geological Society Special Publications 217: 65–72. The Geological Society: London.
[K03] Kellner, A. W. A. 2003. Pterosaur phylogeny and comments on the evolutionary history of the group. In: Buffetaut, E., & J.-M. Mazin (eds) Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs. Geological Society Special Publications 217: 105–137. The Geological Society: London.
[KC02] Kellner, A. W. A., & D. de A. Campos. 2002. The function of the cranial crest and jaws of a unique pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil. Science 297: 389–392.
[RK13] Rodrigues, T., & A. W. A. Kellner. 2013. Taxonomic review of the Ornithocheirus complex (Pterosauria) from the Cretaceous of England. ZooKeys 308: 1–112.
[U03] Unwin, D. M. 2003. On the phylogeny and evolutionary history of pterosaurs. In: Buffetaut, E., & J.-M. Mazin (eds) Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs. Geological Society Special Publications 217: 139–190. The Geological Society: London.
[W13] Witton, M. P. 2013. Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy. Princeton University Press: Princeton (New Jersey).