Reptilia - Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae
Full reference: L. A. Nessov. 1984. Upper Cretaceous pterosaurs and birds from central Asia. Paleontological Journal 1984(1):38-49
Parent taxon: Azhdarchoidea according to F. L. Agnolín et al. 2023
See also Andres et al. 2014, Andres and Myers 2013, Andres and Norell 2005, Bennett 1989, Buffetaut et al. 2002, Headden and Campos 2014, Henderson and Peterson 2006, Lü et al. 2006, Martill and Naish 2006, Martill et al. 2013, Murry et al. 1991, Osi et al. 2005, Unwin 2003 and Unwin and Lü 1997
Sister taxa: Cretornis, Dsungaripteridae, Eopteranodon, Europejara, Leptostomia, Microtuban, Nemicolopterus, Neoazhdarchia, Ornithostoma, Palaeornis cliftii, Protazhdarchidae, Tapejaromorpha, Vectidraco
Subtaxa: Aerotitan Alanqa Albadraco Aralazhdarcho Arambourgiania Azhdarcho Bakonydraco Bennettazhia Bogolubovia Chaoyangopterus Cryodrakon Doratorhynchus Eoazhdarcho Eurazhdarcho Hatzegopteryx Mistralazhdarcho Montanazhdarcho Navajodactylus Phosphatodraco Quetzalcoatlinae Titanopteryx Zhejiangopterus
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3 collections), Armenia (1), Australia (1), Austria (1), Canada (5: Alberta, British Columbia), China (5), France (7), Hungary (1), Israel (1), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (2), Kenya (1), Mongolia (4), Morocco (9), Romania (9), the Russian Federation (4), Senegal (1), Spain (4), Tajikistan (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (21: Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah), Uzbekistan (4)
• Jurassic of France (1)
Total: 89 collections including 96 occurrences