Pterodactyl is an informal name for the order
Pterosaurs.
Filozoa
Pterodactylus antiquus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic, 150.8–148.5 Ma
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Well preserved specimen, Bürgermeister Müller Museum |
Scientific classification |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
clade: | †Euctenochasmatia |
Family: | †Pterodactylidae
Meyer, 1830 |
Genus: | †Pterodactylus
Cuvier, 1809 |
Species: | P. antiquus |
Binomial name |
Pterodactylus antiquus
(Sömmerring, 1812) [originally Ornithocephalus] |
Synonyms |
- Ornithocephalus antiquus
Sömmering, 1812
- Ornithocephalus brevirostris
Sömmering, 1816
- Pterodactylus longirostris
Cuvier, 1809
- Pterodactylus crocodilocephaloidea
Ritgen, 1826
- Ornithocephalus kochi
Wagner, 1837
- Pterodactylus mayeri
Muenster, 1842
- Pterodactylus scolopaciceps
Meyer, 1850
- Macrotrachelus longirostris
(Cuvier, 1809) Giebel, 1852
- Pterodactylus kochi
(Wagner, 1837)
- Pterodactylus spectabilis
Meyer, 1861
- Diopecephalus kochi
(Wagner, 1837) Seeley, 1871
- Ptenodracon brevirostris
(Sömmering, 1816) Lydekker, 1888
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Pterodactylus (
/ˌtɛrəˈdæktɨləs/ TERR-ə-DAK-til-əs, from the Greek πτεροδάκτυλος,
pterodaktulos, meaning "winged finger"
/ˌtɛrəˈdæktɨl/) is a
genus of
pterosaurs, whose members are popularly known as
pterodactyls. It was the first to be named and identified as a flying reptile. Its
fossil remains 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,
[1] though more fragmentary remains have been identified from elsewhere in
Europe and in
Africa. It was a
carnivore and probably preyed upon fish and other small animals. Like all pterosaurs, the wings of
Pterodactylus were formed by a skin and muscle membrane stretching from its elongated fourth finger to its hind limbs. It was supported internally by
collagen fibres and externally by
keratinous ridges.
The name derives from the
Greek words
pteron (πτερόν, meaning 'wing') and
daktylos (δάκτυλος, meaning 'finger') and refers to the way in which the wing is supported by one large finger.
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