PaleoDB taxon number: 156251
Alternative spelling: Pterosauri
Synonyms: Ornithosauri Bonaparte 1838 (no. 97103), Ornithosauria Bonaparte 1838 (no. 64771), Ornithosaurii Bonaparte 1838 (no. 100027), Pterodactyli Meyer 1830 (no. 97007)
Parent taxon: Pterosauromorpha according to S. J. Nesbitt 2011
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Aidacharidae, Antipus, Archaeopteryx vicensensis, Arcticodactylus, Austriadactylus, Austriadraconidae, Campylognathoididae, Caviramus, Daohugoupterus, Eurolimnornis, Eurolimnornis corneti, Laopteryx, Laopteryx priscus, Macronychoptera, Ornithocephalidae, Ornithocheirus hilsensis, Ornithocheirus nobilis, Palaeocursornis, Preondactylus, Ptenodactylus, Ptenodactylus brachyrhinus, Ptenodactylus capito, Ptenodactylus colorhinus, Ptenodactylus crassidens, Ptenodactylus dentatus, Ptenodactylus enchorhynchus, Ptenodactylus eurygnathus, Ptenodactylus macrorhinus, Ptenodactylus microdon, Ptenodactylus nasutus, Ptenodactylus oxyrhinus, Ptenodactylus platystomus, Ptenodactylus polyodon, Ptenodactylus scaphorhynchus, Ptenodactylus tenuirostris, Pteraichnidae, Pterodactyloidea, Pterodactylus curtus, Pterodactylus hopkinsi, Pterodactylus huxleyi, Pterodactylus machaerorhynchus, Pterodactylus oweni, Pterodactylus suprajurensis, Rhamphorhynchoidea, Scaphognathoidea, Scleromochlus, Sharivopterygia, Tribelesodontoidea, Wukongopteridae
Ecology: volant piscivore