Full reference: B. Andres, J. Clark, and X. Xu. 2014. The earliest pterodactyloid and the origin of the group. Current Biology 24:1011-1016
Parent taxon: Pterodactyloidea according to B. Andres et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Agadirichnidae, Araripedactylus, Araripedactylus dehmi, Araripesaurus castilhoi, Archaeopterodactyloidea, Ardeadactylus, Aurorazhdarchidae, Azhdarchoidea, Belonochasmatidae, Cearadactylidae, Dermodactylus montanus, Doratorhynchus validus, Dsungaripteroidea, Eupterodactyloidea, Haenamichnus, Herbstosaurus, Lonchodraconidae, Lophocratia, Mesadactylus, Ningchengopterus, Nyctosaurus, Ornithocheiridae, Ornithocheirus brachyrhinus, Ornithocheirus bunzeli, Ornithocheirus carteri, Ornithocheirus crassidens, Ornithocheirus dentatus, Ornithocheirus enchorhynchus, Ornithocheirus eurygnathus, Ornithocheirus oxyrhinus, Ornithocheirus scaphorhynchus, Ornithocheirus tenuirostris, Ornithocheirus xyphorhynchus, Ornithodesmidae, Osteornis, Pteranodontia, Pterodactylus grandipelvis, Pterodactylus grandis, Pterodactylus longipes, Pterodactylus woodwardi, Santanadactylus pricei, Saraikisauridae, Tendaguripteridae, Titanopterygiidae, Wenupteryx
Subtaxa: Kryptodrakon progenitor
Type: Kryptodrakon progenitor
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution: found only at Wucaiwan pterosaur (Jurassic of China)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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