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Graphical timeline of pterosaurs

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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

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CretaceousJurassicTriassicLate CretaceousEarly CretaceousLate JurassicMiddle JurassicEarly JurassicLate TriassicMiddle TriassicEarly TriassicQuetzalcoatlusPhosphatodracoHatzegopteryxArambourgianiaMontanazhdarchoZhejiangopterusBakonydracoAralazhdarchoNyctosaurusPteranodonMuzquizopteryxAzhdarchoLonchodectesOrnithocheirusPterodaustroThalassodromeusOrnithostomaAnhangueraCimoliopterusTupuxuaraTupandactylusTropeognathusTapejaraLudodactylusCearadactylusBrasileodactylusArthurdactylusSinopterusNurhachiusNemicolopterusLiaoxipterusLiaoningopterusHuaxiapterusChaoyangopterusBeipiaopterusJidapterusCathayopterusIstiodactylusHaopterusGegepterusFeilongusEosipterusBoreopterusCaulkicephalusHuanhepterusLonchognathosaurusDsungaripterusSerradracoNoripterusColoborhynchusDomeykodactylusPlataleorhynchusPetrodactyleHerbstosaurusGnathosaurusBalaenognathusRhamphorhynchusPterodactylusGermanodactylusAnurognathusLusognathusAltmuehlopterusCycnorhamphusArdeadactylusNormannognathusTendaguripterusMesadactylusKepodactylusCtenochasmaScaphognathusSordesNesodactylusCacibupteryxBatrachognathusDendrorhynchoidesPterorhynchusJeholopterusAngustinaripterusRhamphocephalusDorygnathusCampylognathoidesParapsicephalusRhamphinionDimorphodonCaviramusArcticodactylusAustriadactylusCarniadactylusPreondactylusPeteinosaurusEudimorphodonCretaceousJurassicTriassicLate CretaceousEarly CretaceousLate JurassicMiddle JurassicEarly JurassicLate TriassicMiddle TriassicEarly Triassic

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See also

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References

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