not include an Asiaticognathus, and proposed Batrachognathinae as a replacement name. An analysis by Lü and Qiang Ji in 2006 resolved the relations even further, finding Dendrorhynchoides to be the sister taxon of clade formed by Batrachognathus and Jeholopterus. In 2021, a phylogenetic analysis conducted by Xuefang Wei and colleagues recovered Dendrorhynchoides within the subfamily Anurognathinae, which is unlike the former studies where it was recovered as closely related to Batrachognathus. Dendrorhynchoides was found to have been the basalmost member of this subfamily in Wei and colleagues' study. Below is a cladogram representing their phylogenetic analysis: Palaeobiology The describers postulated a tree-dwelling lifestyle for Dendrorhynchoides as an insectivore. With very large eye sockets and a rounded head, Dendrorhynchoides would have had great eyesight. They could use these features to quickly spot insects and be able to follow their motion while following behind them. With their smaller wingspan and skeletal body, along with very flexible joints, these traits gave them great movability to catch the small insects and prey they were chasing. Its large eyes that were forward facing and the small claws on its appendages had researchers assuming that the species would match closely to tree bark or dark night colors to blend in with its surroundings and ambush insects for nocturnal hunting, just like what is seem with modern-day nightjars or bats. See also List of pterosaur genera Timeline of pterosaur research References Monofenestratans Callovian life Oxfordian life Middle Jurassic pterosaurs of Asia Jurassic China Fossils of China Paleontology in Hebei Fossil taxa described in 1999 Taxa named by Kevin Padian