Table 1 . A summary of the geographical and stratigraphic distributions of pterosaur families and other major clades (based on Barrett et al. 2008 modified by Andres, personal data).
| Stage | Africa | Antarctica | Australia | Central Asia | East Asia | Europe | India | North America | South America |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car | Eud | ||||||||
| Nor | Aus, Eud, Pre, Pte, Pti | ||||||||
| Rha | Pti | ||||||||
| Het | Dmp, Pti | ||||||||
| Sin | Dmp | Dmp | Pti | ||||||
| Pli | Pti | Pti | Pti | ||||||
| Toa | Cmp, Dmp, Rhm, | ||||||||
| Aal | Pti | Pti | |||||||
| Baj | Rhm | Rhm | |||||||
| Bat | Pti | Pti | Anu, Pto, Rhm | Pti, Rhm | Pti | Pti | |||
| Cal | Rhm | Anu | Pti, Rhm | Pti | Rhm | ||||
| Oxf | Anu, Pdi, Rhm, Sor | Rhm, Wuk | Pti | Rhm | |||||
| Kim | Ctn, Pdi, Pti, Ten | Ard, Gal, Ger, Pti, Ptl, Rhm | Ctn, Pdi, Pti, Rhm | ||||||
| Tth | Pti | Anu, Ctn, Gal, Ger, Pdi, Pti, Ptr, Rhm | Pdi | ||||||
| Ber | Ctn, Pti | Ctn, Dsg, Pti | AZH?, Ctn, Lnc, Orc, Pdi, Pti | Ctn, Dsg | |||||
| Val | Ctn, Orc, Pdi, Pti | Orc | |||||||
| Hau | Orc | Pti | Orc, Pti, PTN | Pdi | |||||
| Bar | Orc | Anu, Ctn, Hao Orc, Tpj | Isd, Orc, Pdi, Pti, Tpj | Anh | |||||
| Apt | AZH, PTN | Orc | Anh, Chy, Ctn, Dsg, Isd, Orc, PTN, Tpj, | Pti, PTN | Azh, PTN, Pdi, Pti | Anh, AZH, Ctn, Orc, Pti, Tpj | |||
| Alb | Orc | Orc, Pti, | Pdi | PTN | Anh, Azh, Lnc, Orc, Pti | AZH, Azh | Anh, Ctn, Orc, PTN, Pti, Tpj | ||
| Cen | Anh, Azh, Orc, Pdi, Tpj | Azh, Orc, Pdi, PTN | Azh, Pdi | Anh, Lnc, Orc, Pti | Pti, Ptn | AZH | |||
| Tur | Azh | Pdi | PTN | Pdi | |||||
| Con | AZH, | Nyc, Ptn | |||||||
| San | Azh, Pti | Azh, Pti | Azh, Tpj | Nyc, Pti, Ptn | |||||
| Cam | Azh, Pti | Pdi | Azh, PTN | Azh, Pdi | Azh, Pdi, Pti | Azh, Nyc, Pdi, Pti, Ptn | Azh | ||
| Maa | Azh | Pdi | Azh | Azh, Pti | Pti | Azh, Pti | Nyc |
Notes: Clade names used here are based on those in the reference cladogram in Figures 1 and 2, and therefore often differ in precise definition or content from those used by Barrett et al. (2008). When there is uncertainty in the age of the earliest known member of a taxon, it is shown in the oldest possible stage. Stratigraphic stage abbreviations: Aal, Aalenian; Alb, Albian; Apt, Aptian; Baj, Bajocian; Bar, Barremian; Bat, Bathonian; Ber, Berriasian; Cam, Campanian; Car, Carnian; Can, Cenomanian; Con, Coniacian; Hau, Hauterivian; Het, Hettangian; Kim, Kimmeridgian; Maa, Maastrichtian; Nor, Norian; Ox, Oxfordian; Pli, Pliensbachian; Rha, Rhaetian; San, Santonian; Sin, Sinemurian; Toa, Toarcian; Tth, Tithonian; Tur, Turonian; Val, Valanginian. Taxonomic abbreviations: Anh, Anhangueridae; Anu, Anurognathidae; Ard, Ardeadactylus longicollum; Aus, Austriadactylus; Azh, Azhdarchidae; AZH, Azhdarchoidea; Chy, Chaoyangopteridae; Cmp, Campylognathoides; Ctn, Ctenochasmatidae; Dmp, Dimorphodon and potentially closely related material; Dsg, Dsungaripteridae; Eud, Eudimorphodon; Gal, Gallodactylidae; Ger, Germanodactylidae; Hao, Haopterus; Isd, Istiodactylidae; Lnc, Lonchodectidae; Nyc, Nyctosauridae; Orc, ‘Ornithocheiridae’ sensu lato; Par, Parapsicephalus; Pdi, indeterminate pterodactyloid remains; Pre, Preondactylus; Pte, Peteinosaurus; Pti, indeterminate pterosaur remains (includes trackways); Ptn, Pteranodontidae; PTN, Pteranodontoidea; Pto, Pterorhynchus; Ptr, Pterodactylidae; Rhm, Rhamphorhynchidae; Sor, Sordes; Ten; Tendaguripteridae; Tpj, Tapejaridae sensu lato. Wuk, Wukongopteridae.