Such proportions are typical for basal pterosaurs, so " Comodactylus " was not a member of the, advanced, Pterodactyloidea.
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This suborder is paraphyletic in relation to the Pterodactyloidea, which arose from within the Rhamphorhynchoidea, not from a more distant common ancestor.
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Also, in their opinion the phalanx was not diagnostic enough anyway and only assignable to a Pterodactyloidea " incertae sedis ".
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Traditionally, they were organized into two suborders : the Rhamphorhynchoidea, a " primitive " group of long-tailed pterosaurs, and the Pterodactyloidea, " advanced " pterosaurs with short tails.
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There were some indications it belonged to the Pterodactyloidea but Ostrom, in view of the lack of information, limited his determination to a more general Pterosauria " incertae sedis ".
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"' Eupterodactyloidea "'( meaning " true Pterodactyloidea " ) is an extinct group of pterodactyloid pterosaurs that existed from the earliest Early Cretaceous to the latest Late Cretaceous ( Berriasian to Maastrichtian stages ).
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In 2007 Alexander Kellner stated that the resemblance to either " Germanodactylus " or " Dsungaripterus " was superficial and that it was not even certain it was a member of the Pterodactyloidea instead of a more basal pterosaur.
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"' Archaeopterodactyloidea "'( meaning " ancient Pterodactyloidea " ) is an extinct clade of pterodactyloid pterosaurs from the middle Late Jurassic to the latest Early Cretaceous ( Kimmeridgian to Albian stages ) of Africa, Asia and Europe.
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The wingspan has been estimated at 2.5 metres ( 8.2 ft ), exceptionally large for a pterosaur not belonging to the Pterodactyloidea . " Comodactylus " was also the first pterosaur outside of that group, that was found in America.
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In 2014, Brian Andres, Clark and specific name " progenitor " means " ancestor " or " founder of a family " in Latin, and refers to the animal's status as the most basal member of the Pterodactyloidea.
