Azhdarchoidea

Azhdarchoids; Temporal range: ; Early - Late Cretaceous, Possible Late Jurassic record
	Reconstructed skeleton of Quetzalcoatlus northropi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
Clade:	†Ornithocheiroidea
Clade:	†Azhdarchoidea; Nesov, 1984
Subgroups
	†Argentinadraco; †Leptostomia?; †Montanazhdarcho; †Ornithostoma; †Neoazhdarchia †Tapejaromorpha; †Azhdarchomorpha †Cretornis?; †Microtuban; †Xericeps; †Dsungaripteromorpha? †Dsungaripteridae; †Thalassodromidae?; ; †Alanqidae? †Alanqa; †Keresdrakon?; ; †Neopterodactyloidea †Eoazhdarcho; †Chaoyangopteridae; †Azhdarchiformes †Radiodactylus; †Azhdarchidae; ; ; ; ;

Azhdarchoidea (or azhdarchoids) is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea, more specifically within the group Ornithocheiroidea. Pterosaurs belonging to this group lived throughout the Early and Late Cretaceous periods, with one tentative member, Tendaguripterus, that lived in the Late Jurassic period. The largest azhdarchoids include members of the family Azhdarchidae, examples of these are Quetzalcoatlus, Hatzegopteryx, and Arambourgiania. The Azhdarchoidea has been recovered as either closely related to the Ctenochasmatoidea, as the sister taxon of the Pteranodontoidea within the Ornithocheiroidea, or within the Tapejaroidea, which in turn was also within the Ornithocheiroidea.

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Azhdarchoids Temporal range: Early - Late Cretaceous, Possible Late Jurassic record

Reconstructed skeleton of Quetzalcoatlus northropi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
Clade:	†Ornithocheiroidea
Clade:	†Azhdarchoidea Nesov, 1984
Subgroups
†Argentinadraco †Leptostomia? †Montanazhdarcho †Ornithostoma †Neoazhdarchia †Tapejaromorpha †Azhdarchomorpha †Cretornis? †Microtuban †Xericeps †Dsungaripteromorpha? †Dsungaripteridae †Thalassodromidae? †Alanqidae? †Alanqa †Keresdrakon? †Neopterodactyloidea †Eoazhdarcho †Chaoyangopteridae †Azhdarchiformes †Radiodactylus †Azhdarchidae