# List of pterosaur-bearing stratigraphic units

This is a list of stratigraphic units, where pterosaur fossils have been recovered from. Units listed are all either formation rank or higher (e.g. group).
| Name | Age | Location | Fossil species |
| Aguja Formation | Campanian | USA | |
| Alamyshik Formation | Albian | Kyrgyzstan | |
| Amminadav Formation or Bet-Meir Formation | Cenomanian | Israel | |
| Antlers Formation | Aptian - Albian | USA | |
| Apón Formation | Aptian | Venezuela | |
| Argiles d'Ecqueville | Kimeridgian | France | |
| Argiles d'Octeville | Kimmeridgian | France | Normannognathus |
| Argilliti di Riva di Solto | Norian | Italy | Eudimorphodon |
| Artoles Formation | Barremian | Spain | |
| Austin Group | Coniacian | Mexico | Muzquizopteryx |
| Bahariya Formation | Cenomanian | Egypt | |
| ?Bahia Series | Aptian | Brazil | |
| Bakhar Svita | Middle Jurassic | Mongolia | |
| Balabansai Svita | Callovian | Kyrgyzstan | |
| Bissekty Formation | Turonian | Uzbekistan | Azhdarcho |
| Blackhawk Formation | Campanian | USA | |
| Black Peaks Formation | Maastrichtian | USA | Quetzalcoatlus |
| Blesa Formation | Barremian | Spain | Iberodactylus |
| Blue Lias | Rhaetian - Sinemurian | UK | Dimorphodon |
| Bostobin Formation | Santonian - Campanian | Kazakhstan | Aralazhdarcho, Samrukia |
| Buda Limestone | Cenomanian | USA | |
| Budden Canyon Formation | Aptian | USA | |
| Calcaires tâchetés | Tithonian | France | Ctenochasma |
| Calcare di Aurisina | Campanian | Italy | |
| Calizas de La Huergina Formation | Barremian | Spain | |
| Calizas y Margas de Sierra Perenchiza Formation | Campanian - Maastrichtian | Spain | |
| Camadas de Guimarota | Kimmeridgian | Portugal | |
| Camarillas Formation | Barremian | Spain | |
| Cambridge Greensand | Albian | UK | Coloborhynchus |
| Cañadon Asfalto Formation | Callovian - Oxfordian | Argentina | |
| Candeleros Formation | Albian | Argentina | |
| Cerro del Pueblo Formation | Campanian | Mexico | |
| Chenini Formation | Albian | Tunisia | |
| Chico Formation | Campanian | USA | |
| ?Chinle Formation | Carnian - Rhaetian | USA | |
| Chipping Norton Formation | Bathonian | UK | |
| Chulec Formation | Albian | Peru | |
| ?Clarens Formation | Pliensbachian - Toarcian | South Africa | |
| Cornet Bauxite | Berriasian – Hauterivian | Romania | |
| Cotswold Slate | Bathonian | UK | |
| Crato Formation | Albian | Brazil | Arthurdactylus, Aymberedactylus, Ludodactylus, Tupandactylus |
| Csehbánya Formation | Santonian | Hungary | Bakonydraco |
| Curtis/Stump Formation | Callovian | USA | |
| Daohugou Beds | Middle - Late Jurassic | China | Jeholopterus, Pterorhynchus, Wukongopterus |
| Shaximiao Formation | Bathonian - Oxfordian | China | Angustinaripterus |
| Densus-Ciula Formation | Maastrichtian | Romania | Hatzegopteryx |
| Dinosaur Park Formation | Campanian | Canada | Cryodrakon, Navajodactylus |
| Dockum Group | Carnian - Rhaetian | USA | |
| Dolomia di Forni | Norian | Italy | Eudimorphodon, Preondactylus |
| Dunvegan Formation | Cenomanian | Canada | |
| Dzharakuduk Formation | Cenomanian | Uzbekistan | |
| Eagle Ford Formation | Turonian | USA | |
| Ejinhoro Formation | Early Cretaceous | China | |
| El Castillar Formation | Berriasian - Barremian | Spain | |
| El Gallo Formation | Maastrichtian | Mexico | |
| Elligserbrink Shale | Early Cretaceous | Germany | |
| Enciso Group | Aptian | Spain | |
| Erlhaz Formation | Aptian | Niger | |
| Eumeralla Formation | Albian | Australia | |
| Eutaw Formation | Coniacian - Santonian | USA | |
| Exu Formation | Late Cretaceous | Brazil | |
| Fleming Fjord Formation | Norian - Rhaetian | Greenland | Eudimorphodon |
| Forest Marble Formation | Bathonian | UK | |
| Gault Clay | Albian | UK | Lonchodectes |
| Gisement des Bessons | Tithonian | France | Cycnorhamphus |
| Glen Rose Formation | Aptian - Albian | USA | |
| Gosau Formation | Campanian | Austria | |
| Gramame Formation | Maastrichtian | Brazil | Nyctosaurus |
| "Great Oolite" | Bathonian | UK | |
| Greenhorn Limestone | Cenomanian | USA | |
| ?Gres a Avicula contorta | Norian - Rhaetian | France | |
| Grès de la Crèche inférieurs | Tithonian | France | |
| Hakobuchi Group | Campanian | Japan | |
| ?"Hallau Bonened" | Rhaetian | Switzerland | |
| Hampen Marly Formation | Bathonian | UK | |
| Hanson Formation | Early Jurassic | Ross Dependency | |
| Hasandong Formation | Hauterivian - Barremian | South Korea | |
| Hastings Beds | Berriasian – Valanginian | UK | Coloborhynchus, Lonchodectes |
| Hekou Formation | Early Cretaceous | China | |
| Hell Creek Formation | Maastrichtian | USA | |
| Himenoura Group | Santonian | Japan | |
| Huachihuanhe Formation | Late Jurassic | China | Huanhepterus |
| Hudspeth Formation | Albian | USA | Bennettazhia |
| Ilek Formation | ?Hauterivian - Albian | Russia | |
| Intertrappean Beds | Maastrichtian | India | |
| Isalo III Formation | Bathonian | Madagascar | |
| Jagua Formation | Oxfordian | Cuba | Cacibupteryx, Nesodactylus |
| Javelina Formation | Maastrichtian | USA | Quetzalcoatlus |
| Jiufotang Formation | Aptian | China | Chaoyangopterus, Eoazhdarcho, Eopteranodon, Huaxiadraco, Jidapterus, Liaoningopterus, Liaoxipterus, Nemicolopterus, Nurhachius, Sinopterus |
| Karabastau Formation | Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian | Kazakhstan | Batrachognathus, Sordes |
| Kayenta Formation | Sinemurian - Pliensbachian | USA | Rhamphinion |
| Kem Kem Beds | Cenomanian | Morocco | Alanqa, Siroccopteryx |
| Khilok Formation | Aptian | Russia | |
| Khodzhakul Formation | Cenomanian | Uzbekistan | |
| Kimmeridge Clay | Late Jurassic | UK | Cuspicephalus |
| Kössen beds | Norian - Rhaetian | Switzerland | |
| Kota Formation | Hettangian - Pliensbachian | India | Campylognathoides |
| Kuwajima Formation | Valanginian | Japan | |
| La Amarga Formation | Hauterivian - Barremian | Argentina | |
| La Boca Formation | Middle Jurassic | Mexico | "Dimorphodon" weintraubi |
| La Cruz Formation | Aptian | Argentina | Pterodaustro |
| Lagarcito Formation | Albian | Argentina | Pterodaustro |
| Lance Formation | Maastrichtian | USA | |
| Lastres Formation | Kimmeridgian | Spain | |
| Lealt Shale | Bathonian | UK | Dearc |
| Lezas Formation | Aptian | Spain | Prejanopterus |
| Lianmuqin Formation | ?Valanginian - Albian | China | Dsungaripterus, Lonchognathosaurus, Noripterus |
| "Lithographic Limestones" | Kimmeridgian | France | |
| Logbadjeck Formation | Campanian | Cameroon | |
| Lohan Cura Formation | Albian | Argentina | |
| Lower Chalk | Cenomanian | UK | |
| Lower Kimmeridgian Mudstones | Kimmeridgian | Germany | |
| Luohangdong Formation | ?Valanginian - ?Albian | China | |
| Marne des Dives | Callovian | France | |
| Marnes Rouges de Roquelongue | Maastrichtian | France | |
| Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation | Maastrichtian | France | |
| Marnes d'Auzas Formation | Maastrichtian | France | |
| Melovatka Formation | Cenomanian | Russia | |
| Meng-Yin Formation | Kimmeridgian or Tithonian | China | |
| Merchantville Formation | Campanian | USA | |
| Mesaverde Group | Campanian | USA | |
| Middle Chalk | Cenomanian - Turonian | UK | |
| Middle Iser Shales | Turonian | Czech Republic | |
| Mifune Group | Cenomanian - Turonian | Japan | |
| Miria Formation | Maastrichtian | Australia | |
| Mishash Formation | Campanian | Israel | |
| Mornsheimer Limestone | Tithonian | Germany | Altmuehlopterus, Germanodactylus, Pterodactylus, Ardeadactylus, Rhamphorhynchus |
| Mooreville Chalk | Santonian - Campanian | USA | |
| Morrison Formation | Oxfordian - Tithonian | USA | |
| Mowry Shale | Cenomanian | USA | |
| Mucuio Formation | Maastrichtian | Angola | Epapatelo |
| Murtoi Formation | Barremian - Aptian | Russia | |
| Nemegt Formation | Maastrichtian | Mongolia | |
| Niobrara Chalk | Coniacian - Campanian | USA | Dawndraco, Geosternbergia, Nyctosaurus, Pteranodon |
| North Horn Formation | Maastrichtian | USA | |
| Northumberland Formation | Campanian | Canada | |
| Nugget Sandstone | Late Triassic | United States | Caelestiventus |
| Nusplingen Limestone | Kimmeridgian | Germany | Cycnorhamphus, Ardeadactylus, Rhamphorhynchus |
| Okurodani Formation | Berriasian | Japan | |
| Oncala Formation | Berriasian | Spain | |
| Öösh Formation | Berriasian - Valanginian | Mongolia | |
| Oxford Clay Formation | Callovian - Oxfordian | UK | |
| Patuxent Formation | Aptian | USA | |
| Paw Paw Formation | Albian | USA | Coloborhynchus |
| Pierre Shale | Campanian | USA | Pteranodon |
| Plottier Formation | Coniacian - Santonian | Argentina | Thanatosdrakon |
| Portezuelo Formation | Turonian - Coniacian | Argentina | Argentinadraco |
| Posidonia Shale | Toarcian | Germany | Campylognathoides, Dorygnathus |
| Pudovinko Formation | Campanian | Russia | |
| "Purbeck" | Berriasian | Germany | Ctenochasma |
| Purbeck Beds | Tithonian - Berriasian | UK | Gnathosaurus, Plataleorhynchus |
| Qingshan Formation | Aptian - Albian | China | |
| Qiqu Formation | Oxfordian | China | |
| Quebrada del Barro Formation | Norian - Rhaetian | Argentina | Pachagnathus, Yelaphomte |
| Quebrada Monardes Formation | Early Cretaceous | Chile | Domeykodactylus |
| Reuchenette Formation | Kimmeridgian | Switzerland | |
| Río Belgrano Formation | Barremian | Argentina | |
| Rybushka Formation | Campanian | Russia | Bogolubovia, Volgadraco |
| Sannine Formation | Cenomanian | Lebanon | Microtuban |
| Sânpetru Formation | Maastrichtian | Romania | |
| Santa Ana Formation | Probably Early Cretaceous | Chile | |
| Santana Formation | Cenomanian | Brazil | Unwindia |
| ?Santa Rosa Formation | Carnian | USA | |
| Sebeș Formation | Maastrichtian | Romania | Eurazhdarcho, Hatzegopteryx |
| Seefelder Beds | Norian | Austria | |
| Sekmenevka Formation | Aptian | Russia | |
| Sharp's Hill Formation | Bathonian | UK | |
| Shishugou Formation | Middle - Late Jurassic | China | |
| ?Sloan Canyon Formation | Norian - Rhaetian | USA | |
| Snow Hill Island Formation | | Argentine Antarctica  British Antarctic Territory  Chilean Antarctic Territory | |
| Solnhofen Plattenkalk | Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | Germany | Altmuehlopterus, Anurognathus, Aurorazhdarcho, Ctenochasma, Cycnorhamphus, Germanodactylus, Gnathosaurus, Pterodactylus, Ardeadactylus, Rhamphorhynchus, Scaphognathus |
| Solothurn Turtle Limestone | Kimmeridgian | Switzerland | |
| ?Steinmergel Group | Norian - Rhaetian | Luxembourg | |
| Stonesfield Slate | Bathonian | UK | |
| Summerville Formation | Callovian - Oxfordian | USA | |
| Sundance Formation | Bathonian | USA | |
| ?"Syren Bonebed" | Rhaetian | Luxembourg | |
| Tahora Formation | Campanian | New Zealand | |
| Tangshang Formation | Campanian | China | Zhejiangopterus |
| Tarrant Formation | Cenomanian | USA | Aetodactylus |
| Taynton Limestone Formation | Bathonian | UK | |
| Tendaguru Formation | Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | Tanzania | Tendaguripterus |
| Tiaojishan Formation | Bathonian - Oxfordian | China | Archaeoistiodactylus, Cascocauda, Changchengopterus, Darwinopterus, Fenghuangopterus, Jianchangopterus, Jianchangnathus, Kunpengopterus, Qinglongopterus, Sinomacrops |
| Tlayúa Formation | Albian | Mexico | |
| Toolebuc Formation | Albian | Australia | Aussiedraco, Mythunga, Thapunngaka |
| Torleite Formation | Kimmeridgian | Germany | Balaenognathus |
| Toxaster Limestone | Hauterivian | France | |
| Tsagaantsav Svita | Berriasian - Valanginian | Mongolia | Noripterus |
| Turners Falls Formation | Early Jurassic | USA | |
| Two Medicine Formation | Santonian - Campanian | USA | Montanazhdarcho |
| Uhangri Formation | Santonian - Campanian | South Korea | |
| "Unnamed unit of fissure fills" | Norian | UK | |
| "Unnamed unit of fissure fills" | Hettangian or Sinemurian | UK | |
| Upper Chalk | Cenomanian - Turonian | UK | |
| Upper ‘couche III’, phosphate deposits | Maastrichtian | Morocco | Phosphatodraco |
| Upper Elliot Formation | Pliensbachian - Toarcian | South Africa | |
| Upper Greensand | Albian | UK | Ornithocheirus |
| Upper Sables de Glos | Oxfordian | France | |
| Vaca Muerta Formation | Tithonian | Argentina | Herbstosaurus |
| Vectis Formation | Barremian | UK | Istiodactylus |
| "Wealden" | Barremian | UK | |
| Wessex Formation | Barremian | UK | Caulkicephalus |
| Whitby Mudstone Formation | Toarcian | UK | |
| White Chalk | Campanian | France | |
| White Chalk Formation | Coniacian | UK | |
| "Wierzbica Oolite and Platy Limestones" | Kimmeridgian | Poland | |
| Winton Formation | Cenomanian - Turonian | Australia | Ferrodraco |
| Yalovach Formation | Santonian | Tajikistan | |
| Yezo Group | Santonian - Campanian | Japan | |
| Yixian Formation | Barremian - Aptian | China | Beipiaopterus, Boreopterus, Cathayopterus, Dendrorhynchoides, Elanodactylus, Eosipterus, Feilongus, Gegepterus, Gladocephaloideus, Haopterus, Moganopterus, Ningchengopterus, Zhenyuanopterus |
| Zhirkindek Formation | Turonian - Coniacian | Kazakhstan | |
| Zorzino Limestone | Norian | Italy | Eudimorphodon, Peteinosaurus, ?Preondactylus |
| Züünbayan Formation | Aptian - Albian | Mongolia | |