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Pterodactyl

Pterodactylus
Temporal range: Early Tithonian,
150.8–148.5 Ma
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Sub-adult type specimen of P. antiquus, Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Family: Pterodactylidae
Genus: Pterodactylus
Cuvier, 1809
Type species
Pterodactylus antiquus
Sömmerring, 1812
Species
  • Pterodactylus antiquus
    (Sömmerring, 1812)
  • Pterodactylus kochi?
    (Wagner, 1837)
Synonyms

Pterodactylus (/ˌtɛrəˈdæktləs/ TERR-ə-DAK-til-əs, from the Greek πτεροδάκτυλος, pterodaktulos, meaning "winged finger") is an extinct flying reptile genus of pterosaurs, whose members are popularly known as pterodactyls ( /ˌtɛrəˈdæktlz/). It is currently thought to contain only a single species, Pterodactylus antiquus, the first pterosaur species to be named and identified as a flying reptile.

The fossil remains of this species have been found primarily in the Solnhofen limestone of Bavaria, Germany, dated to the late Jurassic Period (early Tithonian), about 150.8–148.5 million years ago, though more fragmentary remains have been tentatively identified from elsewhere in Europe and in Africa.


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