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).
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 Blue Lias Bostobin Formation Aralazhdarcho, Samrukia[2] Buda Limestone Budden Canyon Formation Calcaires tâchetés Ctenochasma 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 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 Snow Hill Island 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