Istiodactylidae
| Istiodactylids Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Possible Middle Jurassic record | |
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| Life restoration of Istiodactylus latidens feeding on a stegosaur corpse. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Clade: | †Lanceodontia |
| Clade: | †Istiodactyliformes |
| Family: | †Istiodactylidae Howse, Milner & Martill, 2001 |
| Type species | |
| †Ornithodesmus latidens Hooley, 1913 | |
| Genera | |
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Istiodactylidae is a small family of pterosaurs. This family was named in 2001 after the type genus Istiodactylus was discovered not to be a member of the genus Ornithodesmus.
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