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Pterodactylus

Pterodactylus (from Ancient Greek: πτεροδάκτυλος, romanized: pterodáktylos 'winged finger') 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 ever to be discovered.

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related to Paleoecology · 52
Pterodactylus → Abundant, Aegirosaurus, Aerodactylus, Altmühltal Formation, Anurognathus, Archaeopteryx, Ardeadactylus, Ardeosaurus, Aspidorhynchus, Asthenocormus, Aurorazhdarcho, Bavaria, Bavarisaurus, Caturus, Compsognathus, Cricosaurus, Crocodylomorph, Ctenochasma, Cycnorhamphus, Dakosaurus
related to history · 29
Pterodactylus → Aurorazhdarcho, Bavaria, Both, Charles Theodore, Collini, Cosimo Alessandro Collini, Count Friedrich Ferdinand, Eichstätt, Elector, German, Gryphi, He, Hermann, Historically, In, Italian, Johann Georg Wagler, Like, Mannheim, Meyer
related to Formerly assigned species · 28
Pterodactylus → Another, At, Carl Eming, Europe, Even, Further, Gemming, Georg Graf, German, Graf, He, Hermann, ICZN, In, Later, Latin, Lydekker, Meyer, Münster, North America
related to Classification · 13
Pterodactylus → Beginning, David Martill, Hermann, However, Initial, Meyer, Prince Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Pterodactyli, Pterodactylidae, Pterodactyloidea, Steven Vidovic, Their, This
related to Cultural significance · 12
Pterodactylus → Another, Black Riders, Christopher Tolkien, In, Nazgûl, Nazgûl-birds, Pteranodon, Pterodactylus-like, Pterosauria, Studies, The, Tolkien's Middle-earth
related to Description · 10
Pterodactylus → Aerodactylus, Another, Aurorazhdarcho, Ctenochasma, Germanodactylus, Gnathosaurus, However, Other, The, This
related to List of species · 7
Pterodactylus → Additionally, CCFFCC, During, F0F2F5, Species, The, This
related to Daily activity patterns · 4
Pterodactylus → Comparisons, Ctenochasma, Rhamphorhynchus, This
related to External links · 4
Pterodactylus → Media, Wikimedia Commons Data, Wikispecies, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Growth and breeding seasons · 3
Pterodactylus → Rhamphorhynchus, The, This

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species specimens antiquus new pterosaur genus found specimen also however kochi assigned pterosaurs fossil first von cuvier sömmerring based name

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Pteranodoninstance ofPterodactylus was a small pterosaur compared to other famous genera0.80text
Quetzalcoatlusinstance ofPterodactylus was a small pterosaur compared to other famous genera0.80text
and it also lived earlierinstance ofPterodactylus was a small pterosaur compared to other famous genera0.80text
during the Late Jurassic periodinstance ofPterodactylus was a small pterosaur compared to other famous genera0.80text
while both Pteranodoninstance ofPterodactylus was a small pterosaur compared to other famous genera0.80text
Quetzalcoatlus lived during the Late Cretaceousinstance ofPterodactylus was a small pterosaur compared to other famous genera0.80text
the well-known Rhamphorhynchusinstance ofPterodactylus lived alongside other small pterosaurs0.80text
as well as other genera such as Scaphognathusinstance ofPterodactylus lived alongside other small pterosaurs0.80text
Anurognathusinstance ofPterodactylus lived alongside other small pterosaurs0.80text
Ctenochasmainstance ofPterodactylus lived alongside other small pterosaurs0.80text
jellyfishesinstance ofincluding highly detailed fossilized imprints of soft bodied organisms0.80text
Aerodactylusinstance ofseveral gallodactylids0.80text

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