Rhamphorhynchidae

Rhamphorhynchidae Temporal range: Early-Late Jurassic, 180–148.5 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
File:Rhamphorhynchus phyllurus.jpg
Fossil specimen of Rhamphorhynchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Pterosauria
Clade:	†Breviquartossa
Superfamily:	†Rhamphorhynchoidea Seeley, 1870
Family:	†Rhamphorhynchidae Seeley, 1870
Type species
†Pterodactylus longicaudus Münster, 1839
Subgroups
†Rhamphorhynchinae †Angustinaripterus †Bellubrunnus †Cacibupteryx †Dorygnathus †Harpactognathus †Nesodactylus †Orientognathus †Qinglongopterus †Rhamphocephalus †Rhamphorhynchus †Sericipterus †Scaphognathinae †Fenghuangopterus †Jianchangnathus †Jianchangopterus †Scaphognathus
Synonyms
Scaphognathidae Hooley, 1913

Rhamphorhynchidae is a group of early "rhamphorhynchoid" pterosaurs named after Rhamphorhynchus, that lived in the Late Jurassic. The family Rhamphorhynchidae was named in 1870 by Harry Govier Seeley.

Classification

The cladogram (family tree) of rhamphorhynchids below is the result of a large phylogenetic analysis published by Andres & Myers in 2013.

Breviquartossa	Rhamphorhynchidae  Scaphognathus crassirostris  Rhamphorhynchinae  Dorygnathus banthensis Cacibupteryx caribensis Nesodactylus hesperius Rhamphorhynchus muensteri Harpactognathus gentryii Angustinaripterus longicephalus Sericipterus wucaiwanensis