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Pterodactylus (from Ancient Greek: πτεροδάκτυλος, romanized: pterodáktylos ' winged finger ' [2]) is a genus of extinct pterosaurs.It is thought to contain only a single species, Pterodactylus antiquus, which was the first pterosaur to be named and identified as a flying reptile and one of the first prehistoric reptiles to ever be discovered.
Pterodactyloidea (/ˌtɛrəˈdækt͡ɬɔɪdɪːə/; derived from the Greek words πτερόν (pterón, for usual ptéryx) "wing", and δάκτυλος (dáktylos) "finger") [1] is one of the two traditional suborders of pterosaurs ("wing lizards"), and contains the most derived members of this group of flying reptiles.
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Propterodactylus (meaning "before Pterodactylus") is an extinct genus of transitional monofenestratan pterosaurs from the Late Jurassic Painten Formation of Germany. The genus contains a single species, P. frankerlae, known from a complete articulated skeleton.
Pereda-Suberbiola et al. (2012) used Fabien Knoll's (2000) definition of the name Pterodactylidae. [1] Knoll had defined Pterodactylidae as a clade containing " Pterodactylus antiquus , Ctenochasma elegans , their most recent common ancestor and all its descendants". [ 2 ]
Pterosaurs had a wide range of sizes, though they were generally large. The smallest species had a wingspan no less than 25 centimetres (10 inches). [12] The most sizeable forms represent the largest known animals ever to fly, with wingspans of up to 10–11 metres (33–36 feet). [22] Standing, such giants could reach the height of a modern ...
Hone et al. (2023) assigned Petrodactyle to the clade Ctenochasmatidae as a possible member or relative of the family Gallodactylidae. [1] In their 2024 description of Skiphosoura, Hone et al. scored Petrodactyle into an extensively modified version of the phylogenetic dataset of Pêgas (2024). [4]
Pterodactyl may also refer to: Pterodactyl, a horror film; Westland-Hill Pterodactyl, a series of experimental aircraft designs starting in the 1920s; Chengdu Pterodactyl I, an unmanned aerial vehicle developed in the People's Republic of China; Pterodactyl Ascender, a family of ultralight aircraft that were sold in kit form between 1979 and 1984