| Raeticodactylids | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Clade: | †Eopterosauria |
| Superfamily: | †Eudimorphodontoidea |
| Family: | †Raeticodactylidae Andreset al., 2014 |
| Genera | |
Raeticodactylidae is a family ofeudimorphodontoideopterosaurian pterosaurs that lived inSwitzerland during theLate Triassic. The family includesCaviramus, and the type genusRaeticodactylus, which are both known from theKössen Formation, around 205 mya. Raeticodactylidae was first used in 2014 by Andreset al., as a group of all pterosaurs closer toRaeticodactylus thanEudimorphodon. The following phylogenetic analysis follows the topology of Andreset al. (2014).[1]
In 2020 however, a study upheld by Matthew G. Baron about early pterosaur interrelationships found no evidence to support the existence of the cladeEopterosauria (the clade of which raeticodactylids might also belong to) as an early diverging clade within the Pterosauria, therefore, he sunk bothCaviramus andRaeticodactylus within a clade he calledCaviramidae.[2]
