†family Istiodactylidae Howse et al. 2001 (pterosaur)
Reptilia - Pterosauria - Istiodactylidae
Parent taxon: Istiodactyliformes according to A. W. A. Kellner et al. 2019
See also Andres and Ji 2006, Howse et al. 2001, Lü et al. 2008, Wang et al. 2008, Wang et al. 2005, Wang and Zhou 2006 and Zhou et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Hongshanopterus, Mimodactylidae
Subtaxa: Archaeoistiodactylus Liaoxipterus
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (2)
• Jurassic of China (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence