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[1]

Alamyshik Formation

Amminadav Formation or Bet-Meir Formation

Antlers Formation

Apón Formation

Argiles d'Ecqueville

Argiles d'Octeville

Normannognathus

Argilliti di Riva di Solto

Eudimorphodon

Artoles Formation

Austin Group

Muzquizopteryx

Bahariya Formation

?Bahia Series

Bakhar Svita

Balabansai Svita

Bissekty Formation

Azhdarcho

Blackhawk Formation

Black Peaks Formation

Quetzalcoatlus

Blesa Formation

Iberodactylus

Blue Lias

Dimorphodon

Bostobin Formation

Aralazhdarcho, Samrukia[2]

Buda Limestone

Budden Canyon Formation

Calcaires tâchetés

Ctenochasma

Calcare di Aurisina

Calizas de La Huergina Formation

Calizas y Margas de Sierra Perenchiza Formation

Camadas de Guimarota

Camarillas Formation

Cambridge Greensand

Coloborhynchus[3]

Cañadon Asfalto Formation

Candeleros Formation

Cerro del Pueblo Formation

Chenini Formation

Chico Formation

?Chinle Formation

Chipping Norton Formation

Chulec Formation

?Clarens Formation

Cornet Bauxite

Cotswold Slate

Crato Formation

Arthurdactylus, Aymberedactylus, Ludodactylus, Tupandactylus

Csehbánya Formation

Bakonydraco

Curtis/Stump Formation

Daohugou Beds

Jeholopterus, Pterorhynchus, Wukongopterus[4]

Shaximiao Formation

Angustinaripterus

Densus-Ciula Formation

Hatzegopteryx

Dinosaur Park Formation

Cryodrakon, Navajodactylus[5]

Dockum Group

Dolomia di Forni

Eudimorphodon, Preondactylus

Dunvegan Formation

Dzharakuduk Formation

Eagle Ford Formation

Ejinhoro Formation

El Castillar Formation

El Gallo Formation

Elligserbrink Shale

Enciso Group

Erlhaz Formation

Eumeralla Formation

Eutaw Formation

Exu Formation

Fleming Fjord Formation

Eudimorphodon

Forest Marble Formation

Gault Clay

Lonchodectes

Gisement des Bessons

Cycnorhamphus

Glen Rose Formation

Gosau Formation

Gramame Formation

Nyctosaurus

"Great Oolite"

Greenhorn Limestone

?Gres a Avicula contorta

Grès de la Crèche inférieurs

Hakobuchi Group

?"Hallau Bonened"

Hampen Marly Formation

Hanson Formation

Hasandong Formation

Hastings Beds

Coloborhynchus, Lonchodectes

Hekou Formation

Hell Creek Formation

Himenoura Group

Huachihuanhe Formation

Huanhepterus

Hudspeth Formation

Bennettazhia

Ilek Formation

Intertrappean Beds

Isalo III Formation

Jagua Formation

Cacibupteryx, Nesodactylus

Javelina Formation

Quetzalcoatlus

Jiufotang Formation

Chaoyangopterus, Eoazhdarcho, Eopteranodon, Huaxiadraco, Jidapterus, Liaoningopterus, Liaoxipterus, Nemicolopterus, Nurhachius, Sinopterus

Karabastau Formation

Batrachognathus, Sordes

Kayenta Formation

Rhamphinion

Kem Kem Beds

Alanqa,[6] Siroccopteryx[7]

Khilok Formation

Khodzhakul Formation

Kimmeridge Clay

Cuspicephalus[8]

Kössen beds

Kota Formation

Campylognathoides

Kuwajima Formation

La Amarga Formation

La Boca Formation

"Dimorphodon" weintraubi

La Cruz Formation

Pterodaustro

Lagarcito Formation

Pterodaustro

Lance Formation

Lastres Formation

Lealt Shale

Dearc

Lezas Formation[9]

Prejanopterus

Lianmuqin Formation

Dsungaripterus, Lonchognathosaurus,[10] Noripterus

"Lithographic Limestones"

Logbadjeck Formation

Lohan Cura Formation

Lower Chalk

Lower Kimmeridgian Mudstones

Luohangdong Formation

Marne des Dives

Marnes Rouges de Roquelongue

Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation

Marnes d'Auzas Formation

Melovatka Formation

Meng-Yin Formation

Merchantville Formation

Mesaverde Group

Middle Chalk

Middle Iser Shales

Mifune Group

Miria Formation

Mishash Formation

Mornsheimer Limestone

Altmuehlopterus, Germanodactylus, Pterodactylus, Ardeadactylus, Rhamphorhynchus

Mooreville Chalk

Morrison Formation

Mowry Shale

Mucuio Formation

Epapatelo

Murtoi Formation

Nemegt Formation

Niobrara Chalk

Dawndraco,[11] Geosternbergia,[11] Nyctosaurus, Pteranodon

North Horn Formation

Northumberland Formation

Nugget Sandstone

Caelestiventus

Nusplingen Limestone

Cycnorhamphus, Ardeadactylus, Rhamphorhynchus

Okurodani Formation

Oncala Formation

Öösh Formation

Oxford Clay Formation

Patuxent Formation

Paw Paw Formation

Coloborhynchus

Pierre Shale

Pteranodon

Plottier Formation

Thanatosdrakon

Portezuelo Formation

Argentinadraco

Posidonia Shale

Campylognathoides, Dorygnathus

Pudovinko Formation

"Purbeck"

Ctenochasma

Purbeck Beds

Gnathosaurus, Plataleorhynchus

Qingshan Formation

Qiqu Formation

Quebrada del Barro Formation

Pachagnathus, Yelaphomte

Quebrada Monardes Formation

Domeykodactylus

Reuchenette Formation

Río Belgrano Formation

Rybushka Formation

Bogolubovia,[12] Volgadraco[13]

Sannine Formation

Microtuban[14]

Sânpetru Formation

Santa Ana Formation

Santana Formation

Unwindia[15]

?Santa Rosa Formation

Sebeș Formation

Eurazhdarcho, Hatzegopteryx

Seefelder Beds

Sekmenevka Formation

Sharp's Hill Formation

Shishugou Formation

?Sloan Canyon Formation

Solnhofen Plattenkalk

Altmuehlopterus, Anurognathus, Aurorazhdarcho,[16] Ctenochasma, Cycnorhamphus, Germanodactylus, Gnathosaurus, Pterodactylus, Ardeadactylus, Rhamphorhynchus, Scaphognathus

Solothurn Turtle Limestone

?Steinmergel Group

Stonesfield Slate

Summerville Formation

Sundance Formation

?"Syren Bonebed"

Tahora Formation

Tangshang Formation

Zhejiangopterus

Tarrant Formation

Aetodactylus[17]

Taynton Limestone Formation

Tendaguru Formation

Tendaguripterus

Tiaojishan Formation

Archaeoistiodactylus,[18] Cascocauda, Changchengopterus,[19] Darwinopterus,[20] Fenghuangopterus,[21] Jianchangopterus,[22] Jianchangnathus,[23] Kunpengopterus, Qinglongopterus,[24] Sinomacrops

Tlayúa Formation

Toolebuc Formation

Aussiedraco,[25] Mythunga,[26] Thapunngaka

Torleite Formation

Balaenognathus

Toxaster Limestone

Tsagaantsav Svita

Noripterus

Turners Falls Formation

Two Medicine Formation

Montanazhdarcho

Uhangri Formation

"Unnamed unit of fissure fills"

"Unnamed unit of fissure fills"

Upper Chalk

Upper ‘couche III’, phosphate deposits

Phosphatodraco

Upper Elliot Formation

Upper Greensand

Ornithocheirus

Upper Sables de Glos

Vaca Muerta Formation

Herbstosaurus

Vectis Formation

Istiodactylus

"Wealden"

Wessex Formation

Caulkicephalus

Whitby Mudstone Formation

White Chalk

White Chalk Formation

"Wierzbica Oolite and Platy Limestones"

Winton Formation

Ferrodraco

Yalovach Formation

Yezo Group

Yixian Formation

Beipiaopterus, Boreopterus, Cathayopterus, Dendrorhynchoides, Elanodactylus,[27] Eosipterus, Feilongus, Gegepterus, Gladocephaloideus,[28] Haopterus, Moganopterus, Ningchengopterus,[29] Zhenyuanopterus[30]

Zhirkindek Formation

Zorzino Limestone

Eudimorphodon, Peteinosaurus, ?Preondactylus

Züünbayan Formation

See also

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