- It was
named in 1889 by
Henry Alleyne Nicholson and
Richard Lydekker.
Nyctosaurids are
characterized by
their lack of all but the wing finger. In most pterosaurs...
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Barbaridactylus is a
nyctosaurid pterosaur from the
Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, a
basin that
dates back to the
Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous...
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Muzquizopteryx is a
genus of
nyctosaurid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late
Cretaceous period (early
Coniacian stage) of what is now Coa****la, Mexico...
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Nyctosaurus (meaning "night lizard") is a
genus of
nyctosaurid pterosaur from the Late
Cretaceous period of what is now the
Niobrara Formation of the...
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smaller fingers are clawed, with the
ungual size
varying among species. In
nyctosaurids the
forelimb digits besides the
wingfinger have been lost altogether...
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other forms like pteranodontids,
tapejarids (Caiuajara and Bakonydraco),
nyctosaurids and
uncertain forms (Piksi, Navajodactylus) are also present. Historically...
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Geosternbergia from
Pteranodon questioned. This
clade possibly includes the
nyctosaurids.
Analyses by
David Unwin did
indicate a
close relationship between Pteranodon...
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studies indicate a
wealth of
pterosaurian fauna,
including pteranodontids,
nyctosaurids,
tapejarids and
several indeterminate forms.
Azhdarchids are characterized...
- Pteranodontidae, part of the
clade Pteranodontia,
which also
includes nyctosaurids.
Pteranodontians form a
larger clade, Pteranodontoidea,
alongside ornithocheiromorphs...
- was mature. This bone was boomerang-shaped, a
condition seen in many
nyctosaurids, and to a
lesser degree in pteranodontids.
Below is a
cladogram showing...
