Lonchodectidae Unwin, 2001

Averianov, A. O., 2020, Taxonomy of the Lonchodectidae (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea), Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 324 (1), pp. 41-55 : 45

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2020.324.1.41
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scientific name	Lonchodectidae Unwin, 2001
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Treatment

Lonchodectidae [nomen nudum]: Unwin et al. 2000: 194.

Lonchodectidae : Unwin 2001: 208; Unwin 2003: 179.

Lonchodraconidae : Rodrigues and Kellner 2013: 23.

Type genus. Lonchodectes Hooley, 1914 .

Diagnosis. Differs from other pterodactyloid pterosaurs by the combination of the following characters: the palate has a midline ridge; the alveolar margins of upper and lower jaws are elevated in relation to the palatal or dorsal mandibular surface; in the anterior part of the upper and lower jaws, the alveoli are small (up to 4 mm in diameter), without a significant variation in size; mandible with a prominent mandibular crest (unknown for Lonchodectes ).

Included genera. The type genus, Lonchodraco Rodrigues et Kellner, 2013 and Ikrandraco Wang et al., 2014 .

Comments. Witton et al. (2009) erroneously cited Hooley (1914) as the author of the family Lonchodectidae .

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Family	Lonchodectidae