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Graphical timeline of pterosaurs

Graphical timeline of pterosaurs is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Graphical timeline of pterosaurs rather than just read about it. In short: Timeline showing the development of the extinct reptilian order Pterosauria from its appearance in the late Triassic period to its demise at the end of the Cretaceous, together with an alphabetical listing of pterosaur species and their geological ages. Timeline Data Angustinarhipterus longicephalus: Bathonian-Callovian Anhanguera blittersdorffi: Aptian-Albian Anhanguera cuvieri: Albian Anhanguera cuvieri: Cenomania…

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Reference excerpt

Timeline showing the development of the extinct reptilian order Pterosauria from its appearance in the late Triassic period to its demise at the end of the Cretaceous, together with an alphabetical listing of pterosaur species and their geological ages.

Timeline

Data Angustinarhipterus longicephalus: Bathonian-Callovian Anhanguera blittersdorffi: Aptian-Albian Anhanguera cuvieri: Albian Anhanguera cuvieri: Cenomanian-Turonian Anhanguera cuvieri: Late Albian Anhanguera fittoni: late Albian Anhanguera santanae: Aptian-Albian Anurognathus ammoni: Tithonian Aralazhdarcho bostobensis: Santonian-early Campanian Arambourgiania philadelphiae: Maastrichtian Arcticodactylus cromptonellus: Norian–Rhaetian Arthurdactylus conandoylei: Late Aptian-early Albian Austriadactylus cristatus: Middle to late Norian Azhdarcho sp.: Early Santonian Azhdarcho lancicollis: Middle-late Turonian Bakonydraco galaczi: Santonian Batrachognathus volans: Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian Beipiaopterus chenianus: Late Barremian – early Aptian Boreopterus cuiae: late Barremian – early Aptian Brasileodactylus araripensis: Aptian-Albian Cacibupteryx caribensis: Middle-late Oxfordian Cathayopterus grabaui: late Barremian – early Aptian Campylognathoides sp.: Early Toarcian Campylognathoides indicus: Pliensbachian-Toarcian Campylognathoides liasicus: Early Toarcian Campylognathoides zitteli: Early Toarcian Caulkicephalus trimicrodon: Barremian Caviramus schesaplanensis: Late Norian or early Rhaetian Cearadactylus atrox: Aptian-Albian Chaoyangopterus zhangi: Aptian Coloborhynchus clavirostris: Late Berriasian – Valanginian Coloborhynchus moroccensis: Early Cenomanian cf. Coloborhynchus sp: Late Cenomanian Coloborhynchus robustus: Aptian-Albian Coloborhynchus sedgwickii: Late Albian Coloborhynchus spielburgi: Aptian-Albian Coloborhynchus wadleighi: Late Albian Ctenochasma elegens: Tithonian Ctenochasma roemeri: Berriasian Ctenochasma taqueti: Early Tithonian Cycnorhamphus canjuersensis: Early Tithonian Cycnorhamphus suevicus: Late Kimmeridgian Cycnorhamphus suevicus: Tithonian Dendrorhynchoides curvidentatus: Late Barremian – early Aptian Dimorphodon macronyx: Late Sinemurian Dimorphodon weintraubi: Early Middle Jurassic Domeykodactylus ceciliae: Lower Cretaceous Dorygnathus cf. D. banthensis: Early Toarcian Dorygnathus banthensis: Early Toarcian Dorygnathus mistelgauensis: Early Toarcian Dsungaripterus weii: ?Valanginian-Albian Eosipterus yangi: late Barremian – early Aptian Eudimorphodon cf. E. ranzii: Middle to late Norian Eudimorphodon ranzii: Late Norian Eudimorphodon rosenfeldi: Late Norian Eudimorphodon sp.: Late Carnian Feilongus youngi: late Barremian – early Aptian Gegepterus changi: late Barremian – early Aptian Germanodactylus: Kimmeridgian Germanodactylus cristatus: Tithonian Germanodactylus rhamphastinus: Tithonian Gnathosaurus macrurus: Berriasian Gnathosaurus subulatus: Tithonian Haopterus gracilis: late Barremian – early Aptian Hatzegopteryx thambema: Late Maastrichtian Herbstosaurus pigmaeus: Middle-late Tithonian Huanhepterus quingyangensis: Late Jurassic Huaxipterus benxiensis: Aptian Huaxipterus corollatus: Aptian Istiodactylus latidens: Barremian Istiodactylus sinensis: Aptian Jeholopterus ningchengensis: Bathonian-Callovian Jidapterus edentus: Aptian Kepodactylus insperatus: Kimmeridgian-Tithonian Liaoningopterus gui: Aptian Liaoxipterus brachyognathus: Aptian Lonchodectes compressirostris: Cenomanian-Turonian Lonchodectes compressirostris: Late Albian Lonchodectes giganteus: Cenomanian-Turonian Lonchodectes microdon: Late Albian Lonchodectes platystomus: Albian Lonchodectes platystomus: Late Albian Lonchodectes sagittirostris: Late Berriasian – Valanginian Lonchognathosaurus acutirostris: ?Aptian-Albian Ludodactylus sibbicki: Late Aptian-early Albian Mesadactylus ornithosphyos: Kimmeridgian-Tithonian Montanazhdarcho minor: Middle-late Campanian Muzquizopterix coahuilensis: Early Coniacian Nemicolopterus crypticus: Aptian Nesodactylus hesperius: Middle-late Oxfordian Noripterus complicidens: ?Valanginian-Albian Normannognathus wellnhoferi: Late Kimmeridgian Nurhachius ignaciobritoi: Aptian Nyctosaurus gracilis: Late Santonian-early Campanian Nyctosaurus lamegoi: Maastrichtian Nyctosaurus nanus: Late Coniacian-early Santonian Ornithocheirus sp.: Albian cf. Ornithocheirus sp.: Early Barremian Ornithocheirus sp.: Early Cenomanian Ornithocheirus mesembrinus: Aptian-Albian Ornithocheirus simus: Late Albian Ornithostoma sedgwicki: Late Albian Parapsicephalus purdoni Early Toarcian Peteinosaurus zambelli: Late Norian Phosphatodraco mauritanicus: Maastrichtian Plataleorhynchus streptorophodon: Berriasian Preondactylus buffarinii: Late Norian Pteranodon sternbergi: Late Coniacian-early Santonian Pteranodon longiceps: Late Santonian-early Campanian Pteranodon longiceps: Early Campanian Pterodactylus antiquus: Tithonian Pterodactylus longicollum: Late Kimmeridgian Pterodactylus longicollum: Tithonian Pterodactylus micronyx: Tithonian Pterodaustro guinazui: Aptian Pterodaustro guinazui: Albian Pterorhynchus wellnhoferi: Bathonian-Callovian Quetzalcoatlus: Late Maastrichtian Quetzalcoatlus northropi: Late Maastrichtian Rhamphinion jenkinsi: Sinemurian-Pliensbachian Rhamphocephalus sp. Early Bathonian Rhamphocephalus sp.: Middle Bathonian Rhamphocephalus bucklandi: Early Bathonian Rhamphocephalus bucklandi: Middle Bathonian Rhamphocephalus sp.: Late Bathonian Rhamphorhynchus sp.: Late Callovian Rhamphorhynchus muensteri: Late Kimmeridgian Rhamphorhynchus muensteri: Tithonian Scaphognathus crassirostris: Tithonian Sinopterus dongi: Aptian Sinopterus gui: Aptian Sordes pilosus: Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian Tapejara wellnhoferi: Aptian-Albian Tendaguripterus recki: : Late Kimmeridgian-Tithonian Thalassodromeus sethi: Aptian-Albian Tupundactylus imperator: Late Aptian-early Albian Tupundactylus navigans: late Aptian-early Albian Tupuxaura leonardi: Aptian-Albian Tupuxuara longicristatus: Aptian-Albian Zhejiangopterus linhaiensis: Early Campanian

See also List of pterosaur genera Phylogeny of pterosaurs

References Barrett PM, Butler RJ, Edwards NP, Milner AR. Pterosaur distribution in time and space: an atlas. Zitteliana. 2008:61–107.

Worked examples

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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In the classroom: Graphical timeline of pterosaurs is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Paleontology timelines, Pterosaurs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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