List of pterosaur genera

Authors and year

The authors column lists the authors of the formal description responsible for the erection of the genus listed. They are not necessarily the same as the authors of the type species as sometimes a species from one genus is determined sufficiently distinct to warrant the erection of a new genus to house it. If this is the case, only the latter authors will be listed. The year column notes the year the description was published.

Status

Naming conventions and terminology follow the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Technical terms used include:

• Junior synonym: A name which describes the same taxon as a previously published name. If two or more genera are formally designated and the type specimens are later assigned to the same genus, the first to be published (in chronological order) is the senior synonym, and all other instances are junior synonyms. Senior synonyms are generally used, except by special decision of the ICZN, but junior synonyms cannot be used again, even if deprecated. Junior synonymy is often subjective, unless the genera described were both based on the same type specimen.
• Nomen nudum (Latin for "naked name"): A name that has appeared in print but has not yet been formally published by the standards of the ICZN. Nomina nuda (the plural form) are invalid, and are therefore not italicized as a proper generic name would be. If the name is later formally published, that name is no longer a nomen nudum and will be italicized on this list. Often, the formally published name will differ from any nomina nuda that describe the same specimen.
• Preoccupied name: A name that is formally published, but which has already been used for another taxon. This second use is invalid (as are all subsequent uses) and the name must be replaced. As preoccupied names are not valid generic names, they will also go unitalicized on this list.
• Nomen dubium (Latin for "dubious name"): A name describing a fossil with no unique diagnostic features. As this can be an extremely subjective and controversial designation, this term is not used on this list.

Age

The age column denotes the epoch of geologic time to which the fossils date. Genera that are invalid, misidentified, or otherwise do not represent a valid pterosaur are listed as age N/A because there was never a time in which a pterosaur by that generic name actually lived.

Location and notes

The location column designates the countries where remains of the relevant genus have been found. Genera that are invalid, misidentified, or otherwise do not represent a valid pterosaur are listed as location N/A because there was never a place in which a pterosaur by that generic name actually lived. The notes column is a collection of annotations on the scientific significance and taxonomic history of listed genera, as well as elaborations on the information presented in other columns.

Genera

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Genus	Authors	Year	Status	Age	Location	Notes	Images
Aerodactylus[5]	Vidovic & Martill	2014	Disputed	Late Jurassic	Germany
Aerodraco[6]	Holgado & Pêgas	2020	Valid	Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous	United Kingdom ( England)
Aerotitan[7]	Novas et al.	2012	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Argentina
Aetodactylus[8]	Myers	2010	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United States
Afrotapejara[9]	Martill et al.	2020	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Morocco
Aidachar[10]	Nesov	1981	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	Actually a teleost fish whose remains were originally mistaken for jaw fragments of a ctenochasmatid. The mistake was corrected in 1986.
Akharhynchus[11]	Jacobs, Smith & Zouhri	2024	Valid	Early Cretaceous? to Late Cretaceous	Morocco
Alamodactylus[12]	Andres & Myers	2013	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United States
Alanqa[13]	Ibrahim et al.	2010	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Morocco
Albadraco[14]	Solomon et al.	2020	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Romania
Alcione[15]	Longrich et al.	2018	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Morocco
Allkaruen	Codorniú et al.	2016	Valid	Early Jurassic	Argentina
Altmuehlopterus[16]	Vidovic & Martill	2017	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany
Amblydectes	Hooley	1914	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United Kingdom ( England)
Angustinaripterus[17]	He et al.	1983	Valid	Middle Jurassic	China
Anhanguera[18]	Campos & Kellner	1985	Valid	Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous	Brazil Morocco
Anurognathus[19]	Döderlein	1923	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany
Apatomerus[20]	Williston	1903	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	Probably a misidentified plesiosaur[2]
Apatorhamphus[21]	McPhee et al.	2020	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Morocco
Aralazhdarcho[22]	Averianov	2007	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Kazakhstan
Arambourgiania[23]	Nessov	1989	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Jordan Morocco? United States?
Araripedactylus	Wellnhofer	1977	Dubious?	Early Cretaceous	Brazil
Araripesaurus	Price	1971	Dubious?	Early Cretaceous	Brazil
Archaeoistiodactylus	Lü & Fucha	2010	Valid	Middle Jurassic	China
Arcticodactylus	Kellner	2015	Valid	Late Triassic	Greenland
Ardeadactylus[24]	Bennett	2013	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany
Argentinadraco	Kellner & Calvo	2017	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Argentina
Arthurdactylus	Frey & Martill	1994	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil
Aurorazhdarcho[25]	Frey, Meyer & Tischlinger	2011	Disputed	Late Jurassic	Germany
Aussiedraco[26]	Kellner, Rodrigues & Costa	2011	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Australia
Austriadactylus[17]	Dalla Vecchia et al.	2002	Valid	Late Triassic	Austria
Austriadraco	Kellner	2015	Valid	Late Triassic	Austria
Avgodectes[27]	Peters	2004	Junior synonym	N/A	N/A	Probable junior synonym of Haopterus
Aymberedactylus	Pêgas et al.	2016	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil
Azhdarcho[28]	Nesov	1984	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Kazakhstan Tajikistan? Uzbekistan
Bakiribu[29]	Pêgas et al.	2025	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil	Possibly a fish[30]
Bakonydraco[31]	Ősi, Weishampel & Jianu	2005	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Hungary
Balaenognathus[32]	Martill et al.	2023	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany
Banguela[33]	Headden & Campos	2015	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil	Subjective junior synonym of Thalassodromeus
Barbaridactylus[15]	Longrich et al.	2018	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Morocco
Barbosania[34]	Elgin & Frey	2011	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil
Batrachognathus[35]	Ryabinin	1948	Valid	Late Jurassic	Kazakhstan
Beipiaopterus[36]	Lü	2003	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Belonochasma[2]	Broili	1939	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	Subsequently found to be a reptile of uncertain affinities
Bellubrunnus[37]	Hone et al.	2012	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany
Bennettazhia	Nessov	1991	Valid	Early Cretaceous	United States
Bergamodactylus[38]	Kellner	2015	Junior synonym	N/A	N/A	Junior synonym of Carniadactylus.
Bogolubovia[39]	Nessov & Yarkov	1989	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Russia
Boreopterus[40]	Lü & Ji	2005	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Brachytrachelus	Giebel	1850	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	Preoccupied name; now known as Scaphognathus.
Brasileodactylus[41]	Kellner	1984	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil
Cacibupteryx[42]	Gasparini, Fernández & de la Fuente	2004	Valid	Late Jurassic	Cuba
Caelestiventus[43]	Britt et al.	2018	Valid	Late Triassic	United States
Caiuajara[44]	Manzig et al.	2014	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil
Camposipterus[45]	Rodrigues & Kellner	2013	Valid	Early Cretaceous	United Kingdom ( England)
Campylognathus[46]	Strand	1928	Valid	Early Jurassic	Germany India?	Preoccupied name; now known as Campylognathoides.
Campylognathoides[17]	Plieninger	1894	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A
Carniadactylus[47]	Dalla Vecchia	2009	Valid	Late Triassic	Italy
Cascocauda[48]	Yang et al.	2022	Valid	Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic	China
Cathayopterus[49][50]	Wang & Zhou	2006	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Caulkicephalus[51]	Steel et al.	2005	Valid	Early Cretaceous	United Kingdom ( England)
Caupedactylus[52]	Kellner	2013	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil
Caviramus[53]	Fröbisch & Fröbisch	2006	Valid	Late Triassic	Switzerland
Cearadactylus[54]	Leonardi & Borgomanero	1985	Valid?	Early Cretaceous	Brazil
Ceoptera[55]	Martin-Silverstone et al.	2024	Valid	Middle Jurassic	United Kingdom ( Scotland)
Changchengopterus[56]	Lü	2009	Valid	Middle Jurassic	China
Chaoyangopterus[57]	Wang & Zhou	2003	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Cimoliopterus[45]	Rodrigues & Kellner	2013	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United Kingdom ( England) United States
Cimoliornis	Owen	1846	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United Kingdom ( England)
Coloborhynchus[17]	Owen	1874	Valid	Early Cretaceous	United Kingdom ( England)
Comodactylus[58]	Galton	1981	Dubious	Late Jurassic	United States
Cratonopterus[59]	Jiang et al.	2023	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Cretornis	Frič	1881	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Czech Republic
Criorhynchus	Owen	1874	Junior synonym	N/A	N/A	Junior synonym of Ornithocheirus
Cryodrakon[60]	Hone et al.	2019	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Canada
Ctenochasma[61]	Meyer	1851	Valid	Late Jurassic	France Germany
Cuspicephalus[62]	Martill & Etches	2013	Valid	Late Jurassic	United Kingdom ( England)
Cycnorhamphus[17]	Seeley	1870	Valid	Late Jurassic	France Germany
"Daitingopterus"[63]	Maisch et al.	2004	Nomen nudum	N/A	N/A
Daohugoupterus	Cheng et al.	2015	Valid	Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic	China
Darwinopterus[64]	Lü et al.	2010	Valid	Middle Jurassic	China
Dawndraco[65]	Kellner	2010	Disputed	Late Cretaceous	United States	Possible junior synonym of Geosternbergia
Dearc[66]	Jagielska et al.	2022	Valid	Middle Jurassic	United Kingdom ( Scotland)
Dendrorhynchoides[67]	Ji, Ji & Padian	1999	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Dendrorhynchus[68]	Ji & Ji	1998	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	Preoccupied name; now known as Dendrorhynchoides.
Dermodactylus	Marsh	1881	Dubious	Late Jurassic	United States
Dimorphodon[17]	Owen	1859	Valid	Early Jurassic	United Kingdom ( England)
Diopecephalus	Seeley	1871	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany
Dolicorhamphus[69]	Seeley	1885	Valid	Middle Jurassic	United Kingdom ( England)
Domeykodactylus[70]	Martill et al.	2000	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Chile
Doratorhynchus[71]	Seeley	1875	Nomen vanum	Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous	United Kingdom ( England)
Dorygnathus[17]	Wagner	1860	Valid	Early Jurassic	France Germany
Douzhanopterus[72]	Wang et al.	2017	Valid	Late Jurassic	China
Draigwenia[73]	Holgado	2021	Valid	Early Cretaceous	United Kingdom ( England)
Dsungaripterus[17]	Young	1964	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China South Korea?
Elanodactylus[74]	Andres & Ji	2008	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Eoazhdarcho[75]	Lü & Ji	2005	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Eopteranodon[76]	Lü & Zhang	2005	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Eosipterus[17]	Ji & Ji	1997	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Eotephradactylus[77]	Kligman et al.	2025	Valid	Late Triassic	United States
Epapatelo[78]	Fernandes et al.	2022	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Angola
Eudimorphodon[17]	Zambelli	1973	Valid	Late Triassic	Italy
Eurazhdarcho[79]	Kessler & Jurcsák	1986	Dubious	Early Cretaceous	Romania
Eurolimnornis[80]	Vullo et al.	2012	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Spain	Originally described as a bird; subsequently reinterpreted as a pterosaur.[81]
Europejara[82]	Vremir et al.	2013	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Romania
Faxinalipterus[83]	Bonaparte et al.	2010	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	Originally described as a pterosaur; since reinterpreted as a non-pterosaur pterosauromorph.[84]
Feilongus[85]	Wang et al.	2005	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Fenghuangopterus[86]	Lü, Fucha & Chen	2010	Valid	Middle Jurassic	China
Ferrodraco[87]	Pentland et al.	2019	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Australia
Forfexopterus	Jiang et al.	2016	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Galgadraco[88]	Giaretta et al.	2025	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Brazil
Gallodactylus	Fabre	1974	Junior synonym	N/A	N/A	Junior synonym of Cycnorhamphus
Garudapterus[89]	Manitkoon et al.	2025	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Thailand
Gegepterus[90]	Miller	1978	Junior synonym	N/A	N/A
Geosternbergia	Miller	1978	Junior synonym	Late Cretaceous	United States	Probable junior synonym of Pteranodon
Germanodactylus[17]	Yang	1964	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany
Gladocephaloideus[91]	Lü	2012	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Gnathosaurus[17]	Meyer	1833	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany United Kingdom ( England)
Gobiazhdarcho[92]	Pêgas, Zhou & Kobayashi	2025	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Mongolia
Guidraco[93]	Wang et al.	2012	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Gwawinapterus[94]	Arbour & Currie	2011	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	Initially thought to be an istiodactylid pterosaur;[94] subsequently reinterpreted as an indeterminate saurodontid fish.[95]
Haliskia[96]	Pentland et al.	2024	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Australia
Hamipterus[97]	Wang et al.	2014	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Haopterus[98]	Wang & Lü	2001	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Harpactognathus[99]	Carpenter et al.	2003	Valid	Late Jurassic	United States
Hatzegopteryx[100]	Buffetaut et al.	2002	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Romania
Herbstosaurus[17]	Casamiquela	1975	Valid	Late Jurassic	Argentina
Hongshanopterus[101]	Wang et al.	2008	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Huanhepterus[102]	Dong	1982	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Huaxiadraco[103]	Pêgas et al.	2023	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Huaxiapterus[104]	Lü & Yuan	2005	Junior synonym	N/A	N/A	Possible junior synonym of Sinopterus
Iberodactylus[105]	Holgado et al.	2019	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Spain
Ikrandraco[106]	Wang et al.	2020	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China United Kingdom ( England)
Inabtanin[107]	Rosenbach et al.	2024	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Jordan
Infernodrakon[108]	Thomas et al.	2025	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United States
Ingridia[109]	Unwin & Martill	2007	Junior synonym	N/A	N/A	Objective junior synonym of Tupandactylus
Istiodactylus[17]	Howse, Milner & Martill	2001	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China? United Kingdom ( England)
Javelinadactylus	Campos	2021	Junior synonym	N/A	N/A	Junior synonym of Wellnhopterus. Although named a few months earlier, its description was retracted over allegations that the describer did not have access to its holotype.[110]
Jeholopterus[111]	Wang et al.	2002	Valid	Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic	China North Korea?
Jianchangnathus[112]	Cheng et al.	2012	Valid	Middle Jurassic	China
Jianchangopterus[113]	Lü & Bo	2011	Valid	Middle Jurassic	China
Jidapterus[114]	Dong, Sun & Wu	2003	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Kariridraco[115]	Cerqueira et al.	2021	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil
Kepodactylus[116]	Harris & Carpenter	1996	Valid	Late Jurassic	United States
Keresdrakon[117]	Kellner et al.	2019	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil
Klobiodon[118]	O'Sullivan & Martill	2018	Valid	Middle Jurassic	United Kingdom ( England)
Kryptodrakon[119]	Wang et al.	2010	Valid	Middle Jurassic? to Late Jurassic	China
Kunpengopterus[120]	Andres, Clark & Xu	2014	Valid	Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic	China
Lacusovagus[121]	Witton	2008	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil
Laopteryx	Marsh	1881	Dubious	Late Jurassic	United States
Laueropterus[122]	Hone	2026	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany
Leptostomia[123]	Smith et al.	2021	Valid	Early Cretaceous? to Late Cretaceous	Morocco
Liaodactylus[124]	Zhou et al.	2017	Valid	Late Jurassic	China
Liaoningopterus[125]	Wang & Zhou	2003	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Liaoxipterus[126]	Dong & Lü	2005	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Limnornis[127]	Kessler & Jurcsák	1984	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	Originally described as a bird; fossils later renamed Palaeolimnornis.
Lingyuanopterus[128]	Rodrigues et al.	2015	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Linlongopterus[129]	Xu et al.	2022	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
"Lithosteornis"[130]	Gervais	1844	Nomen nudum	N/A	N/A	Nomen nudum
Lonchodectes[17]	Hooley	1914	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United Kingdom ( England)
Lonchodraco[45]	Rodrigues & Kellner	2013	Valid	Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous	United Kingdom ( England)
Lonchognathosaurus[131]	Maisch, Matzke & Sun	2004	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China Russia?
Longchengpterus[132]	Wang et al.	2006	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Luchibang[133]	Hone et al.	2020	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Ludodactylus[134]	Frey et al.	2003	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil
Luopterus[135]	Hone	2020	Valid	Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic	China
Lusognathus[136]	Fernandes et al.	2023	Valid	Late Jurassic	Portugal
Maaradactylus[137]	Bantim et al.	2014	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil
Macrotrachelus	Giebel	1852	Junior synonym	N/A	N/A	Junior synonym of Pterodactylus
Makrodactylus[138]	Hone et al.	2025	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany
Meilifeilong[139]	Wang et al.	2023	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Melkamter[140]	Fernandes, Pol & Rauhut	2024	Valid	Early Jurassic	Argentina
Mesadactylus[141]	Jensen & Padian	1989	Valid	Late Jurassic	United States
Microtuban[142]	Elgin & Frey	2011	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Lebanon
Mimodactylus[143]	Kellner et al.	2019	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Lebanon
Mistralazhdarcho[144]	Vullo et al.	2018	Valid	Late Cretaceous	France
Moganopterus[145]	Lü et al.	2012	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Montanazhdarcho[146]	Padian, de Ricqlès & Horner	1995	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United States
Muzquizopteryx[147]	Frey et al.	2006	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Mexico
Mythunga[148]	Molnar & Thulborn	2008	Dubious?	Early Cretaceous	Australia
Navajodactylus[149]	Sullivan & Fowler	2011	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United States
Nemicolopterus[150]	Wang et al.	2008	Dubious	Early Cretaceous	China
Nesodactylus[151]	Colbert	1969	Valid	Late Jurassic	Cuba
Nesodon[152]	Jensen & Ostrom	1977	Lapsus calami	N/A	N/A	Misspelling of Nesodactylus, also preoccupied by a toxodont.
Nicorhynchus[6]	Holgado & Pêgas	2020	Valid?	Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous	Morocco United Kingdom ( England)
Ningchengopterus[153]	Lü	2009	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Nipponopterus[154]	Zhou et al.	2025	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Japan
Noripterus[17]	Young	1973	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China Mongolia
Normannognathus[131]	Buffetaut, LePage & LePage	1998	Valid	Late Jurassic	France
Nurhachius	Wang et al.	2003	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Nyctodactylus[155]	Marsh	1881	Junior synonym	N/A	N/A	Junior synonym of Nyctosaurus
Nyctosaurus[156]	Marsh	1876	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United States
Odontorhynchus	Stolley	1936	Junior synonym	N/A	N/A	Junior synonym of Rhamphorhynchus
"Oolithorhynchus"[2]	Whalley	2000	Nomen nudum	N/A	N/A	Manuscript name[2] about which almost nothing is known
Orientognathus	Ji	2020	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Ordosipterus[157]	Lü et al.	2015	Valid	Middle Jurassic	China
Ornithocephalus[158]	Sömmering	1812	Junior synonym	N/A	N/A	Junior synonym of Pterodactylus
Ornithocheirus[17]	Seeley	1869	Valid	Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous?	Morocco? United Kingdom ( England)
Ornithodesmus[2]	Seeley	1887	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	Misidentified dromaeosaurid[2]
Ornithopterus[159]	Meyer	1838	Junior synonym	N/A	N/A	Junior synonym of Rhamphorhynchus
Ornithostoma[17]	Seeley	1871	Valid	Early Cretaceous	United Kingdom ( England)
"Osteornis"[130]	Gervais	1844	Nomen nudum	N/A	N/A	Nomen ex dissertationae for pterosaur remains later named Palaeornis and Cimoliornis.
Otogopterus[160]	Ji & Zhang	2020	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Pachagnathus[161]	Martínez et al.	2022	Valid	Late Triassic	Argentina
Pachyrhamphus[159]	Fitzinger	1843	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	Preoccupied name; now known as Scaphognathus.
Palaeocursornis[80]	Kessler & Jurcsák	1986	Dubious	Early Cretaceous	Romania	Originally described under the name Limnornis as a bird; Limnornis was preoccupied, and the fossils were subsequently reinterpreted as pterosaurian.[81]
Palaeornis	Mantell	1844	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	Preoccupied name
Pangupterus	Lü et al.	2016	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Paranurognathus[162]	Peters	2005	Junior snyonym	N/A	N/A	Junior synonym of Anurognathus
Parapsicephalus[163]	Arthaber	1919	Valid	Early Jurassic	United Kingdom ( England)
Peteinosaurus[17]	Wild	1978	Valid	Late Triassic	Italy
Petrodactyle[164]	Hone et al.	2023	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany
Phobetor[2][17]	Bakhurina	1986	Junior snyonym	N/A	N/A	Junior synonym of Noripterus[165]
Phosphatodraco[166]	Pereda-Suberbiola et al.	2003	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Morocco
Piksi[167]	Varricchio	2002	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United States	Originally described as a bird; subsequently reinterpreted as a pterosaur.[81]
Plataleorhynchus[168]	Howse & Milner	1995	Valid	Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous	United Kingdom ( England)
Prejanopterus[169]	Vidarte & Calvo	2010	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Spain
Preondactylus[17]	Wild	1984	Valid	Late Triassic	Italy
"Pricesaurus"[170]	Martins-Neto	1986	Nomen nudum	N/A	N/A
Propterodactylus[171]	Spindler	2024	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany
Ptenodactylus[172]	Seeley	1869	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	Preoccupied name
Ptenodracon[173]	Lydekker	1888	Junior synonym	N/A	N/A	Junior synonym of Pterodactylus
Pteranodon[17]	Marsh	1876	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United States
Ptéro-dactyle	Cuvier	1809	Invalid	N/A	N/A	Renamed Pterodactylus
Pterodactylus	Cuvier	1809	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany
Pterodaustro[17]	Bonaparte	1970	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Argentina
Pterofiltrus[174]	Jiang & Wang	2011	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Pteromonodactylus	Teryaev	1967	Junior synonym	N/A	N/A	Junior synonym of Rhamphorhynchus
Pterorhynchus[175]	Czerkas & Ji	2002	Valid	Middle Jurassic	China
Pterotherium[176]	Fischer	1813	Junior synonym	N/A	N/A	Junior synonym of Pterodactylus
Puntanipterus[177]	Bonaparte & Sánchez	1975	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Argentina
Qinglongopterus[178]	Lü et al.	2012	Valid	Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic	China
Quetzalcoatlus[17]	Lawson	1975	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United States
Radiodactylus[12]	Andres & Myers	2013	Valid	Early Cretaceous	United States
Raeticodactylus[179]	Stecher	2008	Valid	Late Triassic	Switzerland	Possible junior synonym of Caviramus
Rexarthuria[180]	Thomas & McDavid	2026	Valid	Early Cretaceous	United Kingdom England	A replacement genus name for "Palaeornis" cliftii (preoccupied by a parakeet)
Rhabdopelix[2]	Cope	1870	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	At first thought to be a Triassic pterosaur; now known to be (at least in part) a kuehneosaurid.[2]
Rhamphinion[181]	Padian	1984	Valid	Early Jurassic	United States
Rhamphocephalus	Seeley	1880	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	Originally assigned to Pterosauria; later reassigned to Thalattosuchia.[182]
Rhamphorhynchus[17]	Meyer	1846	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany Portugal? Spain? Tanzania? United Kingdom ( England)
Samrukia[183]	Naish et al.	2012	Valid?	Late Cretaceous	Kazakhstan	Originally described as a bird but later reinterpreted as a pterosaur
Santanadactylus[184]	De Buisonjé	1980	Dubious?	Early Cretaceous	Brazil
Saratovia[185]	Averianov	2025	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Russia
Scaphognathus[17]	Wagner	1861	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany
Seazzadactylus[186]	Dalla Vecchia	2019	Valid	Late Triassic	Italy
Sericipterus	Andres et al.	2010	Valid	Late Jurassic	China
Serradraco[187]	Rigal et al.	2018	Valid	Early Cretaceous	United Kingdom ( England)
Shenzhoupterus[188]	Lü et al.	2008	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Simurghia[15]	Longrich et al.	2018	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Brazil? Morocco
Sinomacrops[189]	Wei et al.	2021	Valid	Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic	China
Sinopterus[190]	Wang & Zhou	2003	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Siroccopteryx[191]	Mader & Kellner	1999	Valid?	Late Cretaceous	Morocco	Possible junior synonym of Coloborhynchus
Skiphosoura[192]	Hone et al.	2024	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany
Sordes[17]	Sharov	1971	Valid	Late Jurassic	Kazakhstan
Spathagnathus[193]	Fernandes et al.	2025	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany
Sultanuvaisia[10]	Nessov	1981	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	Actually a fish
Tacuadactylus[194]	Soto et al.	2021	Valid	Late Jurassic	Uruguay
Tapejara[17]	Kellner	1989	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil
Targaryendraco[195]	Pêgas et al.	2019	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Germany
Tendaguripterus[196]	Unwin & Heinrich	1999	Valid	Late Jurassic	Tanzania
Tethydraco[15]	Longrich et al.	2018	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Morocco
Thalassodromeus[197]	Kellner & Campos	2002	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil
Thanatosdrakon[198]	Ortiz David et al.	2022	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Argentina
Thapunngaka[199]	Richards et al.	2021	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Australia
"Titanopteryx"[200]	Arambourg	1959	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	Preoccupied by a simuliid blackfly; later renamed Arambourgiania.
Torukjara[201]	Pêgas	2024	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil
Tribelesodon	Bassani	1886	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	At first thought to be a Triassic pterosaur but now known to be a misinterpreted specimen of the archosauromorph Tanystropheus.
Tropeognathus	Wellnhofer	1987	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil
Tsogtopteryx[92]	Pêgas et al.	2025	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Mongolia
Tupandactylus[202]	Kellner & Campos	2007	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil
Tupuxuara[203]	Kellner & Campos	1988	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil
Tylodorhynchus[204]	Pêgas & Holgado	2026	Valid	Early Cretaceous	S. America	A new genus name for "Uktendactylus" rodriguesae
Uktenadactylus[205]	Rodrigues & Kellner	2008	Valid	Early Cretaceous	United States	Possible junior synonym of Coloborhynchus
Unwindia[206]	Martill	2011	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil
Utahdactylus[207]	Czerkas & Mickelson	2002	Valid	Late Jurassic	United States
Vectidraco[208]	Naish et al.	2013	Valid	Early Cretaceous	United Kingdom ( England)
Vesperopterylus[209]	Lü et al.	2017	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Volgadraco[210]	Averianov et al.	2008	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Russia
Wellnhopterus[211]	Andres, Langston Jr.	2021	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United States
Wenupteryx[212]	Codorniú & Gasparini	2013	Valid	Late Jurassic	Argentina
Wightia[213]	Martill et al.	2020	Valid	Early Cretaceous	United Kingdom ( England)
Wukongopterus	Wang et al.	2009	Valid	Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic	China
"Wyomingopteryx"[214]	Bakker	1994	Nomen nudum	N/A	N/A
Xericeps[215]	Martill et al.	2017	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Morocco
Yelaphomte[161]	Martínez et al.	2022	Valid	Late Triassic	Argentina
Yixianopterus[216]	Lü et al.	2006	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Zhejiangopterus[217]	Cai & Wei	1994	Valid	Late Cretaceous	China
Zhenyuanopterus[218]	Lü	2010	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China

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Ichnogenera

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Genus	Authors	Year	Status	Age	Location	Notes	Images
Agadirichnus	Ambroggi & Lapparent	1954	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Africa
Haenamichnus[219]	Hwang et al.	2002	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Asia[219]	Tracks likely made by azhdarchids
Jinjuichnus[220]	Jung et al.	2026	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Asia	Tracks likely made by a neoazhdarchian
Pteraichnus	Stokes	1957	Valid	Late Jurassic	Asia,[221] Europe, N. America	Some tracks attributed to Pteraichnus have been considered crocodilian in origin by some scientists (Padian, 1984) however, recent studies in the past decade have overturned Padian's thoughts.
Purbeckopus	Delair	1963	Nomen dubium	Early Cretaceous	Europe
Rhamphichnus[222]	Mazin & Pouech	2020	Valid	Late Jurassic	Europe	Tracks made by non-pterodactyloid pterosaurs

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Oogenera

Although pterosaur eggs are known, some with complete embryos, no oogenera have been erected to house them. The holotype of the oospecies Oolithes sphaericus was briefly considered by Harry Govier Seeley to be pterosaurian in origin, although this attribution was dismissed before the formal erection of that oogenus.