Talk:Ornithocheiridae

Anhangueria?
So what to do with this new clade in relation to this one? FunkMonk (talk) 14:30, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Anhangueria appears to be more inclusive than Anhangeridae/Ornithocheiridae and less inclusive than Ornithocheiroidea/Pteranodontoidea, so it should be discussed on one of those pages or given a separate article. It doesn't seem to be a synonym of any pre-existing clade. MMartyniuk (talk) 15:54, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Then separate pages for Anhangueria and Anhangueridae should be created if new discoveries in England, Morocco, and America further reinforce the separation of Tropeognathus and Uktenadactylus from Ornithocheirus and Coloborhynchus respectively. As a side note, Agnolin and Varrichio don't place Piksi in Ornithocheiridae; they place it in Ornithocheiroidea, but don't say if it is a pteranodontid or a nyctosaurid. 68.4.28.33 (talk) 03:30, 16 June 2013 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian

Morphs?
In the description section (third sentence at time of writing), the article mentions "giant morphs" when the previous clause of the same sentence refers to the size difference of species. "Morph" is usually used to describe differences in form between individuals of the same species, so the sentence as it stands doesn't really make sense.

Given the difficulties of classifying fossils, it seems unlikely that it means that some species are known to have, within one species both four foot and eight foot sized forms! But if it means that there were separate species of different size, the use of the word "morph" is at best confusing.

Could this be clarified/corrected? I'm not certain enough as to what is meant to correct it myself. FloweringOctopus (talk) 13:05, 11 November 2023 (UTC)