在過去的分類歷史中,斯氏喬斯坦伯格翼龍曾被歸類於無齒翼龍。兩者的主要差異在於頭冠形狀。在1952年,喬治·史登柏格(George F. Sternberg)在尼歐伯若拉組的下層發現這些翼龍類化石。在1966,John Christian Harksen將這些化石命名為無齒翼龍的一種,斯氏無齒翼龍(Pteranodon sternbergi)。由於地質年代比長頭無齒翼龍還早,克里斯·班尼特(Chris Bennett)等人提出斯氏無齒翼龍是長頭無齒翼龍的直系祖先[3]。
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