# List of pterosaur genera

This list of pterosaurs is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the order Pterosauria, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful (nomen dubium), or were not formally published (nomen nudum), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered pterosaurian. The list currently includes 277 genera.

## Scope and terminology

There is no official, canonical list of pterosaur genera, but the most thorough attempts can be found at the Pterosauria section of Mikko Haaramo's Phylogeny Archive, the Genus Index at Mike Hanson's The Pterosauria, supplemented by the Pterosaur Species List, and in the fourth supplement of Donald F. Glut's Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia series.

### Authors and year

The authors column lists the authors of the formal description responsible for the erection of the genus listed. They are not necessarily the same as the authors of the type species as sometimes a species from one genus is determined sufficiently distinct to warrant the erection of a new genus to house it. If this is the case, only the latter authors will be listed. The year column notes the year the description was published.

### Status

Naming conventions and terminology follow the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Technical terms used include:
* Junior synonym: A name which describes the same taxon as a previously published name. If two or more genera are formally designated and the type specimens are later assigned to the same genus, the first to be published (in chronological order) is the senior synonym, and all other instances are junior synonyms. Senior synonyms are generally used, except by special decision of the ICZN, but junior synonyms cannot be used again, even if deprecated. Junior synonymy is often subjective, unless the genera described were both based on the same type specimen.
* Nomen nudum (Latin for "naked name"): A name that has appeared in print but has not yet been formally published by the standards of the ICZN. Nomina nuda (the plural form) are invalid, and are therefore not italicized as a proper generic name would be. If the name is later formally published, that name is no longer a nomen nudum and will be italicized on this list. Often, the formally published name will differ from any nomina nuda that describe the same specimen.
* Preoccupied name: A name that is formally published, but which has already been used for another taxon. This second use is invalid (as are all subsequent uses) and the name must be replaced. As preoccupied names are not valid generic names, they will also go unitalicized on this list.
* Nomen dubium (Latin for "dubious name"): A name describing a fossil with no unique diagnostic features. As this can be an extremely subjective and controversial designation, this term is not used on this list.

### Age

The age column denotes the epoch of geologic time to which the fossils date. Genera that are invalid, misidentified, or otherwise do not represent a valid pterosaur are listed as age N/A because there was never a time in which a pterosaur by that generic name actually lived.

### Location and notes

The location column designates the geographic region where remains of the relevant genus have been found. The regions used are continents except in the case of smaller landmasses (e.g. Cuba.) Political bodies, being non-existent in the Mesozoic are not used to indicate genera locations. Genera that are invalid, misidentified, or otherwise do not represent a valid pterosaur are listed as location N/A because there was never a place in which a pterosaur by that generic name actually lived. The notes column is a collection of annotations on the scientific significance and taxonomic history of listed genera, as well as elaborations on the information presented in other columns.

## The list
### Genera

| Genus | Authors | Year | Status | Age | Location | Notes |
| Aerodactylus | Vidovic Martill | 2014 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Europe | |
| Aerodraco | Holgado Pêgas | 2020 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Europe | |
| Aerotitan | Novas et al. | 2012 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Aetodactylus | Myers | 2010 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | N. America | |
| Afrotapejara | Martill et al. | 2020 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Africa | |
| Aidachar | Nesov | 1981 | Misidentification | N/A | N/A | Actually a teleost fish whose remains were originally mistaken for jaw fragments of a ctenochasmatid. The mistake was corrected in 1986. |
| Akharhynchus | Jacobs, Smith, & Zouhri | 2024 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Africa | |
| Alamodactylus | Andres Myers | 2013 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | N. America | |
| Alanqa | Ibrahim et al. | 2010 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Africa | |
| Albadraco | Solomon et al. | 2019 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Europe | |
| Alcione | Longrich et al. | 2018 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Africa | |
| Allkaruen | Codorniú et al. | 2016 | Valid | Early Jurassic or Middle Jurassic | S. America | |
| Altmuehlopterus | Vidovic Martill | 2017 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Europe | |
| Amblydectes | Hooley | 1914 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Europe | |
| Angustinaripterus | He Xinlu et al. | 1983 | Valid | Middle Jurassic | Asia | Known from a single skull recovered from the Shaximiao Formation. Its Dorygnathus-like teeth suggest it had a piscivorous diet. |
| Anhanguera | Campos Kellner | 1985 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | S. America | A piscivorous anhanguerid from the Santana Formation. A study of its anatomy helped resolve controversy regarding pterodacyloids' posture while on the ground. |
| Anurognathus | Döderlein | 1923 | Valid | Late Jurassic. | Europe | A tiny (50 cm wingspan) insectivore known only from two skeletons recovered from the Solnhofen Formation. |
| Apatomerus | Williston | 1903 | Misidentification | Early Cretaceous | N. America | Probably a misidentified plesiosaur. |
| Apatorhamphus | McPhee et al. | 2020 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Africa | |
| Arambourgiania | Nesov Kanznyshkina Cherepanov | 1987 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Aralazhdarcho | Averianov | 2007 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Araripedactylus | Wellnhofer | 1977 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Araripesaurus | Price | 1971 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Archaeoistiodactylus | Lü Fucha | 2011 | Valid | Middle Jurassic | Asia | |
| Arcticodactylus | Kellner | 2015 | Valid | Late Triassic | Europe | |
| Ardeadactylus | Bennett | 2013 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Europe | |
| Argentinadraco | Kellner & Calvo | 2017 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Arthurdactylus | Frey Martill | 1994 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Aurorazhdarcho | Frey Meyer Tischlinger | 2011 | Valid | Late Jurassic. | Europe | |
| Aussiedraco | Kellner Rodrigues Costa | 2011 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Australia | |
| Austriadactylus | Dalla Vecchia Wild Reitner | 2002 | Valid | Late Triassic | Europe | |
| Austriadraco | Kellner | 2015 | Valid | Late Triassic | Europe | |
| Avgodectes | Peters | 2004 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | Probable junior synonym of Haopterus. |
| Aymberedactylus | Pêgas et al. | 2016 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Azhdarcho | Nesov | 1984 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Bakonydraco | Ösi Weishampel Jianu | 2005 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Europe | |
| Balaenognathus | Martill et al. | 2023 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Europe | |
| Banguela | Headden Campos | 2015 | Jr. synonym | Early Cretaceous | S. America | Subjective junior synonym of Thalassodromeus. |
| Barbaridactylus | Longrich et al. | 2018 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Africa | |
| Barbosania | Elgin Frey | 2011 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Batrachognathus | Rjabinin | 1948 | Valid | Late Jurassic. | Asia | |
| Beipiaopterus | Lü | 2003 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Belonochasma | Broili | 1939 | Misidentification | N/A | N/A | A non-pterosaurian gnathostome. |
| Bellubrunnus | Hone et al. | 2012 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Europe | |
| Bennettazhia | Nesov | 1991 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | N. America | |
| Bergamodactylus | Kellner | 2015 | Valid | Late Triassic | Europe | |
| Bogolubovia | Nesov A. A. Yarkov | 1989 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Boreopterus | Lü Q. Ji | 2005 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Brachytrachelus | Giebel | 1852 | Preoccupied | N/A | N/A | preoccupied name; now known as Scaphognathus |
| Brasileodactylus | Kellner | 1984 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Cacibupteryx | Gasparini Fernández de la Fuente | 2004 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Cuba | |
| Caelestiventus | Britt Dalla Vecchia Chure et al. | 2018 | Valid | Late Triassic | North America | |
| Caiuajara | Manzig et al. | 2014 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Camposipterus | Rodrigues Kellner | 2013 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Europe | |
| "Campylognathus" | Plieninger | 1894 | Preoccupied | N/A | N/A | preoccupied name; now known as Campylognathoides |
| Campylognathoides | Strand | 1928 | Valid | Early Jurassic | Europe | |
| Carniadactylus | Dalla Vecchia | 2009 | Valid | Late Triassic | Europe | Formerly Eudimorphodon rosenfeldi. |
| Cascocauda | Yang et al. | 2022 | Valid | Middle Jurassic-Late Jurassic | Asia | |
| Cathayopterus | Wang Zhou | 2006 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Caulkicephalus | Steel Martill et al. | 2005 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Europe | |
| Caupedactylus | Kellner | 2013 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Caviramus | Fröbisch Fröbisch | 2006 | Valid | Late Triassic | Europe | |
| Cearadactylus | Leonardi Borgomanero | 1985 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Ceoptera | Martin-Silverstone et al. | 2024 | Valid | Middle Jurassic | Isle of Skye | |
| Changchengopterus | Lü | 2009 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Asia | |
| Chaoyangopterus | Wang Zhou | 2003 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Cimoliopterus | Rodrigues Kellner | 2013 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Europe | |
| Cimoliornis | Owen | 1846 | Nomen nudum | N/A | N/A | |
| Coloborhynchus | Owen | 1874 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Europe N. America S. America Africa | |
| Comodactylus | Galton | 1981 | Nomen dubium | Late Jurassic | N. America | |
| Cratonopterus | Jiang et al. | 2023 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Cretornis | Fritsch | 1880 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Europe | |
| Criorhynchus | Owen | 1874 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | Jr. synonym of Ornithocheirus. |
| Cryodrakon | Hone et al. | 2019 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | N. America | |
| Ctenochasma | von Meyer | 1852 | Valid | Late Jurassic. | Europe | |
| Cuspicephalus | Martill Etches | 2013 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Europe | |
| Cycnorhamphus | Seeley | 1870 | Valid | Late Jurassic. | Europe | |
| "Daitingopterus" | Maisch Matzke Ge Sun | 2004 | Nomen nudum | Late Jurassic | Europe | |
| Daohugoupterus | Cheng et al. | 2015 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Asia | |
| Darwinopterus | Lü Unwin et al. | 2009 | Valid | Middle Jurassic | Asia | Intermediate form between rhamphorhynchoids and pterodactyloids. |
| Dawndraco | Kellner | 2010 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | N. America | Possible junior synonym of Geosternbergia. |
| Dearc | Jagielska et al. | 2022 | Valid | Middle Jurassic | Isle of Skye | |
| Dendrorhynchoides | S.-A. Ji Q. Ji Padian | 1999 | Valid | Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| "Dendrorhynchus" | S.-A. Ji Q. Ji | 1998 | Preoccupied | N/A | N/A | Preoccupied name; now known as Dendrorhynchoides. |
| Dermodactylus | Marsh | 1881 | Nomen dubium | Late Jurassic | N. America | |
| Dimorphodon | Owen | 1859 | Valid | Early Jurassic | Europe | |
| Diopecephalus | Seeley | 1871 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Europe | |
| Dolicorhamphus | Seeley | 1875 | Nomen dubium | Middle Jurassic | Europe | |
| Domeykodactylus | Martill Frey et al. | 2000 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Doratorhynchus | Seeley | 1875 | Nomen vanum | Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous | Europe | |
| Dorygnathus | Wagner | 1860 | Valid | Early Jurassic | Europe | |
| Douzhanopterus | Wang et al. | 2017 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Asia | |
| Draigwenia | Holgado | 2021 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Europe | |
| Dsungaripterus | Young | 1964 | Valid | Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Elanodactylus | Andres Ji, Q. | 2008 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Eoazhdarcho | Lü Ji | 2005 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Eopteranodon | Lü Zhang | 2005 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Eosipterus | Ji Ji | 1997 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Epapatelo | Fernandes et al. | 2022 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Africa | |
| Eudimorphodon | Zambelli | 1973 | Valid | Late Triassic | Europe | |
| Europejara | Vullo et al. | 2012 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Europe | |
| Eurazhdarcho | Vremir et al. | 2013 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Europe | |
| Eurolimnornis | Kessler Jurcsák | 1986 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Europe | Originally described as a bird, subsequently reinterpreted as a pterosaur. |
| Faxinalipterus | Bonaparte, et al. | 2010 | Misidentification | N/A | N/A | Originally described as a pterosaur, but has since been reinterpreted as a non-pterosaur pterosauromorph. |
| Feilongus | Wang, Kellner, et al. | 2005 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Fenghuangopterus | Lü Fucha Chen | 2010 | Valid | Middle Jurassic | Asia | |
| Ferrodraco | Pentland et al. | 2019 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Australia | |
| Forfexopterus | Jiang et al. | 2016 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Gallodactylus | Fabre | 1974 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | Jr. synonym of Cycnorhamphus. |
| Geosternbergia | Miller | 1978 | Valid | N/A | N/A | Probable Jr. synonym of Pteranodon. |
| Gegepterus | X. Wang Kellner et al. | 2007 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Germanodactylus | Yang | 1964 | Valid | Late Jurassic. | Europe | |
| Gladocephaloideus | Lü Ji Wei Liu | 2011 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Gnathosaurus | von Meyer | 1833 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Europe | |
| Guidraco | Wang et al. | 2012 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Gwawinapterus | Arbour Currie | 2011 | Misidentification | Late Cretaceous | N. America | Initially thought to be an istiodactylid pterosaur, but subsequently reinterpreted as an indeterminate saurodontid fish. |
| Haliskia | Pentland et al. | 2024 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Australia | |
| Hamipterus | Wang et al. | 2014 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Haopterus | Wang X. Lü | 2001 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Harpactognathus | Carpenter Unwin et al. | 2003 | Valid | Late Jurassic | N. America | |
| Hatzegopteryx | Buffetaut Grigorescu Csiki | 2002 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Europe | |
| Herbstosaurus | Casamiquela | 1974 | Valid | Late Jurassic | S. America | |
| Hongshanopterus | X. Wang Campos et al. | 2008 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Huanhepterus | Dong | 1982 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Asia | |
| Huaxiadraco | Pêgas et al. | 2023 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Huaxiapterus | Lü C. Yuan | 2005 | Nomen dubium | Early Cretaceous | Asia | Possible junior synonym of Sinopterus. |
| Iberodactylus | Holgado et al. | 2019 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Europe | |
| Ikrandraco | Wang et al. | 2014 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Inabtanin | Rosenbach et al. | 2024 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Infernodrakon | Thomas et al. | 2025 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | North America | |
| Ingridia | Unwin Martill | 2007 | Jr. snyonym | N/A | N/A | Objective Jr. synonym of Tupandactylus. |
| Istiodactylus | Howse Milner Martill | 2001 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Europe | |
| Javelinadactylus | Campos | 2021 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | Junior synonym of Wellnhopterus. Although named a few months earlier, its description was retracted over allegations that the describer did not have access to its holotype, and seemingly wrote it to beat out a major series of papers which the Wellnhopterus description was part of. |
| Jeholopterus | X. Wang Zhou | 2002 | Valid | Middle Jurassic or Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Jianchangnathus | Cheng Wang Jiang Kellner | 2012 | Valid | Middle Jurassic | Asia | |
| Jianchangopterus | Lü Bo | 2011 | Valid | Middle Jurassic | Asia | |
| Jidapterus | Dong Sun Wu | 2003 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Kariridraco | Cerqueira et al. | 2021 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Kepodactylus | Harris Carpenter | 1996 | Valid | Late Jurassic | N. America | |
| Keresdrakon | Kellner et al. | 2019 | Valid | Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Klobiodon | O'Sullivan Martill | 2018 | Valid | Middle Jurassic | Europe | |
| Kunpengopterus | X. Wang Kellner et al. | 2010 | Valid | Middle Jurassic | Asia | |
| Kryptodrakon | Andres Clark Xu | 2014 | Valid | Middle Jurassic and/or Late Jurassic | Asia | |
| Lacusovagus | Witton | 2008 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Laopteryx | Marsh | 1881 | Nomen dubium | Late Jurassic | N. America | |
| Leptostomia | Smith et al. | 2020 | Valid | Early or Late Cretaceous | Africa | |
| Liaodactylus | C.-F. Zhou et al. | 2017 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Asia | |
| Liaoningopterus | X.-L. Wang Z.-H. Zhou | 2003 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Liaoxipterus | Dong Lü | 2005 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Limnornis | Kessler Jurcsák | 1984 | Preoccupied | Early Cretaceous | Europe | Originally described as a bird; fossils later renamed Palaeolimnornis. |
| Linlongopterus | Rodrigues et al. | 2015 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Lingyuanopterus | Xu et al. | 2022 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| "Lithosteornis" | Gervais | 1844 | Nomen nudum | N/A | N/A | Nomen nudum. |
| Lonchodectes | Hooley | 1914 | Valid | Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous | Europe | |
| Lonchodraco | Rodrigues Kellner | 2013 | Valid | Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous | Europe | |
| Lonchognathosaurus | Maisch Matzke Ge Sun | 2004 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Longchengpterus | L. Wang L. Li et al. | 2006 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Luchibang | Hone L. Li et al. | 2020 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Ludodactylus | Frey Martill Buchy | 2003 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Luopterus | Hone | 2020 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Asia | |
| Lusognathus | Fernandes et al. | 2023 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Europe | |
| Maaradactylus | Bantim et al. | 2014 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Macrotrachelus | Giebel | 1852 | Jr. snyonym | N/A | N/A | Jr. synonym of Pterodactylus. |
| Meilifeilong | Wang Kellner et al. | 2023 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Melkamter | Fernandes Pol Rauhut | 2024 | Valid | Early Jurassic | S. America | |
| Mesadactylus | Jensen Padian | 1989 | Valid | Late Jurassic | N. America | |
| Microtuban | Elgin Frey | 2011 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Mimodactylus | Kellner et al. | 2019 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Lebanon | |
| Mistralazhdarcho | Vullo Garcia Godefroit et al. | 2018 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Europe | |
| Moganopterus | Lü et al. | 2012 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Montanazhdarcho | Padian Horner de Ricqlès | 1993 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | N. America | |
| Muzquizopteryx | Frey Buchy et al. | 2006 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | N. America | |
| Mythunga | Molnar Thulborn | 2008 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Australia | |
| Navajodactylus | Sullivan Fowler | 2011 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | N. America | |
| Nemicolopterus | X. Wang Kellner et al. | 2008 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Nesodactylus | Colbert | 1969 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Cuba | |
| Nesodon | Jensen Ostrom | 1977 | Lapsus calami | N/A | N/A | Misspelling of Nesodactylus, also preoccupied by a toxodont. |
| Nicorhynchus | Holgado Pêgas | 2020 | Valid | Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous | Africa Europe | |
| Ningchengopterus | Lü | 2009 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Nipponopterus | Zhou et al. | 2024 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Noripterus | Yang | 1973 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Normannognathus | Buffetaut J.-J. Lepage G. Lepage | 1998 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Europe | |
| Nurhachius | Wang Kellner et al. | 2003 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Nyctodactylus | Marsh | 1881 | Jr. snyonym | N/A | N/A | Jr. synonym of Nyctosaurus. |
| Nyctosaurus | Marsh | 1876 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | N. America, S. America | |
| "Odontorhynchus" | Stolley | 1936 | Jr. snyonym | N/A | N/A | Jr. synonym of Rhamphorhynchus. |
| "Oolithorhynchus" | Whalley | 2000 | Nomen nudum | | | Manuscript name about which almost nothing is known. |
| Orientognathus | Lü et al. | 2015 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Asia | |
| Ordosipterus | Ji | 2020 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Ornithocephalus | von Sömmering | 1812 | Jr. snyonym | N/A | N/A | Jr. synonym of Pterodactylus. |
| Ornithocheirus | Seeley | 1869 | Valid | Early Cretaceous. | Europe | |
| Ornithodesmus | Seeley | 1887 | Misidentification | N/A | N/A | Misidentified dromaeosaurid. |
| Ornithopterus | Fitzinger | 1843 | Jr. snyonym | N/A | N/A | Jr. synonym of Rhamphorhynchus. |
| Ornithostoma | Seeley | 1871 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Europe | |
| "Osteornis" | Gervais | 1844 | Nomen nudum | N/A | Europe | Nomen ex dissertationae for pterosaur remains later named Palaeornis and Cimoliornis. |
| Otogopterus | Ji Zhang | 2020 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Pachagnathus | Martínez et al. | 2022 | Valid | Late Triassic | S. America | |
| Pachyrhamphus | Fitzinger | 1843 | Preoccupied | N/A | N/A | Preoccupied name; now known as Scaphognathus |
| Palaeocursornis | Kessler Jurcsák | 1986 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Europe | Originally described under the name Limnornis as a bird; Limnornis was preoccupied, and the fossils were subsequently reinterpreted as pterosaurian. |
| Palaeornis | Mantell | 1844 | Preoccupied | N/A | N/A | preoccupied name. |
| Pangupterus | Lü et al. | 2016 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Paranurognathus | Peters | 2005 | Jr. snyonym | N/A | N/A | Jr. synonym of Anurognathus. |
| Parapsicephalus | von Arthaber | 1919 | Valid | Early Jurassic | Europe | |
| Peteinosaurus | Wild | 1978 | Valid | Late Triassic | Europe | |
| Petrodactyle | Hone et al. | 2023 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Europe | |
| "Phobetor" | Bakhurina | 1986 | Jr. snyonym | N/A | N/A | Jr. synonym of Noripterus. |
| Phosphatodraco | Pereda-Suberbiola Bardet et al. | 2003 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Africa | |
| Piksi | Varricchio | 2002 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | N. America | Originally described as a bird, subsequently reinterpreted as a pterosaur. |
| Plataleorhynchus | Howse Milner | 1995 | Valid | Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous | Europe | |
| Prejanopterus | Vidarte Calvo | 2010 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Europe | |
| Preondactylus | Wild | 1983 | Valid | Late Triassic | Europe | |
| "Pricesaurus" | Bonaparte Sanchez | 1986 | Nomen nudum | Early Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Propterodactylus | Spindler | 2024 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Europe | |
| Ptenodactylus | Seeley | 1869 | Preoccupied | N/A | N/A | Preoccupied name. |
| Ptenodracon | Lydekker | 1888 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | Junior synonym of Ctenochasma. |
| Pteranodon | Marsh | 1876 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | N. America. | |
| Ptéro-dactyle | Cuvier | 1809 | | N/A | N/A | Renamed Pterodactylus. |
| Pterodactylus | Rafinesque | 1815 | Valid | Late Jurassic. | Africa, Europe | |
| Pterodaustro | Bonaparte | 1970 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Pterofiltrus | Jiang Wang | 2011 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Pteromonodactylus | Teryaev | 1967 | Jr. snyonym | N/A | N/A | Jr. synonym of Rhamphorhynchus. |
| Pterorhynchus | Czerkas Q. Ji | 2002 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Asia | |
| Pterotherium | Fischer von Waldheim | 1813 | Jr. snyonym | N/A | N/A | Jr. synonym of Pterodactylus. |
| Puntanipterus | Bonaparte Sanchez | 1975 | Valid | Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Qinglongopterus | Lü Unwin et al. | 2012 | Valid | Middle Jurassic | Asia | |
| Quetzalcoatlus | Lawson | 1975 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | N. America | |
| Radiodactylus | Andres Myers | 2013 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | N. America | |
| Raeticodactylus | Stecher | 2008 | Valid | N/A | N/A | Possible junior synonym of Caviramus |
| Rhabdopelix | Cope | 1870 | Misidentification | N/A | N/A | At first it was thought to be a Triassic pterosaur, but is now known to be (at least in part) a kuehneosaurid. |
| Rhamphinion | Padian | 1984 | Valid | Early Jurassic | N. America | |
| Rhamphocephalus | Seeley | 1880 | Misidentification | Middle Jurassic | Europe | Originally assigned to Pterosauria, later reassigned to Thalattosuchia. |
| Rhamphorhynchus | von Meyer | 1846 | Valid | Late Jurassic. | Africa, Europe | |
| Samrukia | Naish et al. | 2012 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Asia | Originally described as a bird but reinterpreted as a pterosaur. |
| Santanadactylus | de Buisonjé | 1980 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Scaphognathus | Wagner | 1861 | Valid | Late Jurassic. | Europe | |
| Seazzadactylus | Dalla Vecchia | 2019 | Valid | Late Triassic | Europe | |
| Sericipterus | Andres Clark X. Xing | 2010 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Asia | |
| Serradraco | Rigal Martill Sweetman | 2017 | Valid | Late Jurassic. | Europe | |
| Shenzhoupterus | Lü Unwin et al. | 2008 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Simurghia | Longrich et al. | 2018 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Africa | |
| Sinomacrops | Wei et al. | 2021 | Valid | Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic | Asia | |
| Sinopterus | X. Wang Z. Zhou | 2003 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Siroccopteryx | Mader Kellner | 1999 | Valid | N/A | N/A | Possible junior synonym of Coloborhynchus |
| Skiphosoura | Hone et al. | 2024 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Europe | |
| Sordes | Sharov | 1971 | Valid | Late Jurassic. | Asia | |
| Sultanuvaisia | Nesov | 1981 | Misidentification | Late Cretaceous | Asia. | Actually a fish. |
| Tacuadactylus | Soto et al. | 2021 | Valid | Late Jurassic | S. America | |
| Tapejara | Kellner | 1989 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Targaryendraco | Pêgas et al. | 2019 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Europe | |
| Tendaguripterus | Unwin Heinrich | 1999 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Africa | |
| Tethydraco | Longrich et al. | 2018 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Africa | |
| Thalassodromeus | Kellner Campos | 2002 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Thanatosdrakon | Ortiz David et al. | 2022 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | South America | |
| Thapunngaka | Richards et al. | 2021 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Australia | |
| "Titanopteryx" | Arambourg | 1959 | Preoccupied | Late Cretaceous | Asia | Preoccupied by a simuliid blackfly. It was later renamed Arambourgiania. |
| Torukjara | Pêgas | 2024 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | South America | |
| Tribelesodon | Bassani | 1886 | Misidentification | N/A | N/A | At first it was thought to be a Triassic pterosaur but is now known to be a misinterpreted specimen of the prolacertiform Tanystropheus. |
| Tropeognathus | Wellnhofer | 1987 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | S. America | One of the largest anhanguerids. |
| Tupandactylus | Kellner Campos | 2007 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Tupuxuara | Kellner Campos | 1988 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Uktenadactylus | Rodrigues Kellner | 2008 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | N. America | Possible junior synonym of Coloborhynchus |
| Unwindia | Martill | 2011 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | S. America | |
| Utahdactylus | Czerkas Mickelson | 2002 | Valid | Late Jurassic | N. America | |
| Vectidraco | Naish Simpson Dyke | 2013 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Europe | |
| Vesperopterylus | Lü et al. | 2017 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Volgadraco | Averianov Arkhangelsky Pervushov | 2008 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Wellnhopterus | Andres, Langston Jr. | 2021 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | N. America | |
| Wenupteryx | Codorniú Gasparini | 2013 | Valid | Late Jurassic | S. America | |
| Wightia | Martill et al. | 2020 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Europe | |
| Wukongopterus | X. Wang Kellner et al. | 2009 | Valid | Middle Jurassic | Asia | |
| "Wyomingopteryx" | Bakker | 1994 | Nomen nudum | | | |
| Xericeps | D. Martill et al. | 2017 | Valid | Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous | Africa | |
| Yelaphomte | Martínez et al. | 2022 | Valid | Late Triassic | S. America | |
| Yixianopterus | Lü S. Ji et al. | 2006 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Zhejiangopterus | Z. Cai F. Wei | 1994 | Valid | Late Cretaceous | Asia | |
| Zhenyuanopterus | Lü | 2010 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Asia | |
* Angustinaripterus
* Anhanguera
* Anurognathus
* Aurorazhdarcho
* Bakonydraco
* Campylognathoides
* Cearadactylus
* Coloborhynchus
* Ctenochasma
* Dimorphodon
* Dorygnathus
* Dsungaripterus and Noripterus
* Eudimorphodon
* Feilongus
* Germanodactylus
* Haopterus
* Hatzegopteryx
* Istiodactylus
* Jeholopterus
* Liaoningopterus
* Lonchodectes
* Meilifeilong
* Melkamter
* Nemicolopterus
* Ningchengopterus
* Nurhachius
* Nyctosaurus
* Ornithocheirus
* Preondactylus
* Propterodactylus
* Pteranodon
* Pterodactylus
* Pterodaustro
* Quetzalcoatlus
* Rhamphorhynchus
* Scaphognathus
* Sordes
* Tapejara
* Thalassodromeus
* Tupandactylus
* Tupuxuara
* Zhejiangopterus

### Ichnogenera

| Genus Authors Year Status Age Location Notes Agadirichnus Ambroggi Lapparent 1954 Valid uK Africa Haenamichnus Hwang Huh et al. 2002 Valid uK Asia. More than 5 times as large as Pteraichnus, these tracks were probably made by azhdarchids. Kouphichnium Nopcsa 1923 Misidentification N/A N/A The trackmaker was probably a limulid. Pteraichnus Stokes 1957 Valid uJ Asia Europe N. America Some tracks attributed to Pteraichnus have been considered crocodilian in origin by some scientists (Padian, 1984) however, recent studies in the past decade have overturned Padian's thoughts. Purbeckopus Delair 1963 Nomen dubium lK Europe. | Haenamichnus |

### Oogenera

Although pterosaur eggs are known, some with complete embryos, no oogenera have been erected to house them. The holotype of the oospecies Oolithes sphaericus was briefly considered by Harry Govier Seeley to be pterosaurian in origin, although this attribution was dismissed before the formal erection of that oogenus.