Pterosauria - Pterodactyloidea - Euthygnatha - Pterodactylidae
Pterodactylidae
Family: Pterodactylidae (nom. emend. ex Pterodactyli) von Meyer, 1830 = Ornithocephalidae Hay, 1902 = Ornithocephalinae Hay, 1930 = Ptenodraconinae Hooley, 1913 = Pterodactylae Bonaparte, 1838 = Pterodactyles Seeley, 1869 = Pterodactylia Blainville, 1835 = Pterodactylida Haeckel, 1895 = Pterodactyliens Pictet, 1853 = Pterodactylina Bonaparte, 1838 = Pterodactylinae Williston, 1892
Genusame: Eosipterus
Speciesname: yangi
Describer: Ji Q. & Ji S., 1997
Distribution: Yixian Formation, western Liaoning, Northeast China
Timeperiod: Late Jurassic
Size: Wingspan max. 1.2 m.
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Info: (Eosipterus yangi = east wing) Known from a single articulated but incomplete skeleton.
Genusame: Haopterus
Speciesname: gracilis
Describer:
Distribution: China
Timeperiod: Early Cretaceous
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Genusame: Pterodactylus
Speciesname: antiquus
Describer: (von Sömmering, 1812) Lydekker, 1888
Distribution: Solnhofen limestones, Southern Germany
Timeperiod: Late Jurassic
Size: Skull length =6 cm. Wingspan = 1 m.
Diet:
Info: Genus: Pterodactylus Rafinesque, 1815 [for purposes of priority credited to Cuvier, 1809, although in that work Cuvier used only the inadmissible spelling Ptero-dactyle] = Macrotrachelus Giebel, 1852 = Ornithocepahlus Hay, 1930 [sic] = Onithocephalus Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Ornithocephalus von Sömmering, 1812 = Perodactylus F. Plieninger, 1929 [sic] = Ptenodracon Lydekker, 1888 [juv.] = Ptero-dactyle Cuvier, 1809 = Pterodatylus Fabre, 1981 [sic] = Pterodracon [Anonymous] 1888 [sic, in Zoological Record] = Pterotherium Fischer, 1813 = Pterydactylus Hay, 1930 [sic]
P. antiquus = Ornithocephalus antiquus von Sömmering, 1812 = Ornithocephalus brevirostris von Sömmering, 1816–17 [juv.] = Ptenodracon brevirostris (von Sömmering, 1816–17) Lydekker, 1888 [juv.] = Pterodactylus brevirostris (von Sömmering, 1816–17) Oken, 1819 [juv.] = Pterodactylus longirostris Cuvier, 1819 = Macrotrachelus longirostris (Cuvier, 1819) Giebel, 1852 = Ornithocephalus longirostris (Cuvier, 1819) Ritgen, 1826 = Pterodactylus suevicus Oken, 1825 [nomen nudum] = Pterodactylus crocodilocephaloides Ritgen, 1826 [nomen dubium] = Pterodactylus spectabilis von Meyer, 1861
The first pterosaur described in 1784.
Genusame: Pterodactylus
Speciesname: arningi
Describer: Reck, 1931 [nomen dubium]
Distribution: Tanzania
Timeperiod: Late Jurassic
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Info: Genus: Pterodactylus Rafinesque, 1815 [for purposes of priority credited to Cuvier, 1809, although in that work Cuvier used only the inadmissible spelling Ptero-dactyle] = Macrotrachelus Giebel, 1852 = Ornithocepahlus Hay, 1930 [sic] = Onithocephalus Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Ornithocephalus von Sömmering, 1812 = Perodactylus F. Plieninger, 1929 [sic] = Ptenodracon Lydekker, 1888 [juv.] = Ptero-dactyle Cuvier, 1809 = Pterodatylus Fabre, 1981 [sic] = Pterodracon [Anonymous] 1888 [sic, in Zoological Record] = Pterotherium Fischer, 1813 = Pterydactylus Hay, 1930 [sic]
Genusame: Pterodactylus
Speciesname: cerinensis
Describer: von Meyer, 1860 [nomen dubium]
Distribution: France
Timeperiod: Late Jurassic
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Info: Genus: Pterodactylus Rafinesque, 1815 [for purposes of priority credited to Cuvier, 1809, although in that work Cuvier used only the inadmissible spelling Ptero-dactyle] = Macrotrachelus Giebel, 1852 = Ornithocepahlus Hay, 1930 [sic] = Onithocephalus Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Ornithocephalus von Sömmering, 1812 = Perodactylus F. Plieninger, 1929 [sic] = Ptenodracon Lydekker, 1888 [juv.] = Ptero-dactyle Cuvier, 1809 = Pterodatylus Fabre, 1981 [sic] = Pterodracon [Anonymous] 1888 [sic, in Zoological Record] = Pterotherium Fischer, 1813 = Pterydactylus Hay, 1930 [sic]
?P. cirinensis = Pterodactylus cerinensis von Meyer, 1982 emend. Lortet, 1892
Genusame: Pterodactylus
Speciesname: gracilis
Describer: Theodori, 1852 [nomen dubium]
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Info: Genus: Pterodactylus Rafinesque, 1815 [for purposes of priority credited to Cuvier, 1809, although in that work Cuvier used only the inadmissible spelling Ptero-dactyle] = Macrotrachelus Giebel, 1852 = Ornithocepahlus Hay, 1930 [sic] = Onithocephalus Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Ornithocephalus von Sömmering, 1812 = Perodactylus F. Plieninger, 1929 [sic] = Ptenodracon Lydekker, 1888 [juv.] = Ptero-dactyle Cuvier, 1809 = Pterodatylus Fabre, 1981 [sic] = Pterodracon [Anonymous] 1888 [sic, in Zoological Record] = Pterotherium Fischer, 1813 = Pterydactylus Hay, 1930 [sic]
Genusame: Pterodactylus
Speciesname: grandis
Describer:
Distribution: Germany
Timeperiod: Late Jurassic
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Info: Genus: Pterodactylus Rafinesque, 1815 [for purposes of priority credited to Cuvier, 1809, although in that work Cuvier used only the inadmissible spelling Ptero-dactyle] = Macrotrachelus Giebel, 1852 = Ornithocepahlus Hay, 1930 [sic] = Onithocephalus Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Ornithocephalus von Sömmering, 1812 = Perodactylus F. Plieninger, 1929 [sic] = Ptenodracon Lydekker, 1888 [juv.] = Ptero-dactyle Cuvier, 1809 = Pterodatylus Fabre, 1981 [sic] = Pterodracon [Anonymous] 1888 [sic, in Zoological Record] = Pterotherium Fischer, 1813 = Pterydactylus Hay, 1930 [sic]
Genusame: Pterodactylus
Speciesname: grandipelvis
Describer: von Meyer, 1860 [nomen dubium]
Distribution: Germany
Timeperiod: Late Jurassic
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Info: Genus: Pterodactylus Rafinesque, 1815 [for purposes of priority credited to Cuvier, 1809, although in that work Cuvier used only the inadmissible spelling Ptero-dactyle] = Macrotrachelus Giebel, 1852 = Ornithocepahlus Hay, 1930 [sic] = Onithocephalus Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Ornithocephalus von Sömmering, 1812 = Perodactylus F. Plieninger, 1929 [sic] = Ptenodracon Lydekker, 1888 [juv.] = Ptero-dactyle Cuvier, 1809 = Pterodatylus Fabre, 1981 [sic] = Pterodracon [Anonymous] 1888 [sic, in Zoological Record] = Pterotherium Fischer, 1813 = Pterydactylus Hay, 1930 [sic]
?P. grandipelvis = Pterodactylus eurychirus Wagner, 1861 non Wagner, 1857
Genusame: Pterodactylus
Speciesname: hopkinsi
Describer: Seeley, 1864 [nomen nudum]
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Info: Genus: Pterodactylus Rafinesque, 1815 [for purposes of priority credited to Cuvier, 1809, although in that work Cuvier used only the inadmissible spelling Ptero-dactyle] = Macrotrachelus Giebel, 1852 = Ornithocepahlus Hay, 1930 [sic] = Onithocephalus Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Ornithocephalus von Sömmering, 1812 = Perodactylus F. Plieninger, 1929 [sic] = Ptenodracon Lydekker, 1888 [juv.] = Ptero-dactyle Cuvier, 1809 = Pterodatylus Fabre, 1981 [sic] = Pterodracon [Anonymous] 1888 [sic, in Zoological Record] = Pterotherium Fischer, 1813 = Pterydactylus Hay, 1930 [sic]
Genusame: Pterodactylus
Speciesname: kochi
Describer: (Wagner, 1837) von Meyer, 1859
Distribution: Solnhofen limestones, Southern Germany
Timeperiod: Late Jurassic
Size: Skull length = 6 cm. Wingspan = 1 m.
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Info: Genus: Pterodactylus Rafinesque, 1815 [for purposes of priority credited to Cuvier, 1809, although in that work Cuvier used only the inadmissible spelling Ptero-dactyle] = Macrotrachelus Giebel, 1852 = Ornithocepahlus Hay, 1930 [sic] = Onithocephalus Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Ornithocephalus von Sömmering, 1812 = Perodactylus F. Plieninger, 1929 [sic] = Ptenodracon Lydekker, 1888 [juv.] = Ptero-dactyle Cuvier, 1809 = Pterodatylus Fabre, 1981 [sic] = Pterodracon [Anonymous] 1888 [sic, in Zoological Record] = Pterotherium Fischer, 1813 = Pterydactylus Hay, 1930 [sic]
P. kochi = Ornithocephalus kochii Wagner, 1837 = Diopecephalus kochi (Wagner, 1837) Seeley, 1871 = Ornithocephalus kochi (Wagner, 1837) Lydekker, 1888 = Pterodactylus meyeri Münster, 1842 [juv.] = Ornithocephalus meyeri (Münster, 1842) Wagner, 1851 [juv.] = Pterodactylus scolopaciceps von Meyer, 1850 = Rhamphorhynchus scolopaciceps (von Meyer, 1850) = Pterodactylus elegans Broili, 1925 non Wagner, 1861 = Pterodactylus westmani Wiman, 1925 = Pterodactylus cormoranus Döderlein, 1929 = Pterodactylus elegans Edinger, 1941 non Wagner, 1861
(Pterodactylus kochi = wing finger)
Genusame: Pterodactylus
Speciesname: manseli
Describer: Owen, 1874 [nomen dubium]
Distribution: England
Timeperiod: Late Jurassic
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Info: Genus: Pterodactylus Rafinesque, 1815 [for purposes of priority credited to Cuvier, 1809, although in that work Cuvier used only the inadmissible spelling Ptero-dactyle] = Macrotrachelus Giebel, 1852 = Ornithocepahlus Hay, 1930 [sic] = Onithocephalus Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Ornithocephalus von Sömmering, 1812 = Perodactylus F. Plieninger, 1929 [sic] = Ptenodracon Lydekker, 1888 [juv.] = Ptero-dactyle Cuvier, 1809 = Pterodatylus Fabre, 1981 [sic] = Pterodracon [Anonymous] 1888 [sic, in Zoological Record] = Pterotherium Fischer, 1813 = Pterydactylus Hay, 1930 [sic]
?P. manselii = Pterodactylus manseli (Owen, 1874) Lydekker, 1888 = Rhamphorhynchus manseli (Owen, 1874) [nomen dubium]
Genusame: Pterodactylus
Speciesname: maximus
Describer: Reck, 1931 [nomen dubium]
Distribution: Tanzania
Timeperiod: Late Jurassic
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Info: Genus: Pterodactylus Rafinesque, 1815 [for purposes of priority credited to Cuvier, 1809, although in that work Cuvier used only the inadmissible spelling Ptero-dactyle] = Macrotrachelus Giebel, 1852 = Ornithocepahlus Hay, 1930 [sic] = Onithocephalus Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Ornithocephalus von Sömmering, 1812 = Perodactylus F. Plieninger, 1929 [sic] = Ptenodracon Lydekker, 1888 [juv.] = Ptero-dactyle Cuvier, 1809 = Pterodatylus Fabre, 1981 [sic] = Pterodracon [Anonymous] 1888 [sic, in Zoological Record] = Pterotherium Fischer, 1813 = Pterydactylus Hay, 1930 [sic]
Genusame: Pterodactylus
Speciesname: micronyx
Describer: von Meyer, 1856
Distribution: Germany
Timeperiod: Late Jurassic
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Info: Genus: Pterodactylus Rafinesque, 1815 [for purposes of priority credited to Cuvier, 1809, although in that work Cuvier used only the inadmissible spelling Ptero-dactyle] = Macrotrachelus Giebel, 1852 = Ornithocepahlus Hay, 1930 [sic] = Onithocephalus Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Ornithocephalus von Sömmering, 1812 = Perodactylus F. Plieninger, 1929 [sic] = Ptenodracon Lydekker, 1888 [juv.] = Ptero-dactyle Cuvier, 1809 = Pterodatylus Fabre, 1981 [sic] = Pterodracon [Anonymous] 1888 [sic, in Zoological Record] = Pterotherium Fischer, 1813 = Pterydactylus Hay, 1930 [sic]
P. micronyx = Pterodactylus nettecephaloides Ritgen, 1826 [nomen oblitum] = Ornithocephalus redenbacheri Wagner, 1851 [nomen oblitum] = Pterodactylus redenbacheri (Wagner, 1851) Wagner, 1861 [nomen oblitum] = Pterodactylus pulchellus von Meyer, 1861 = Pterodactylus elegans íkovský, 1925 non Wagner, 1861
Genusame: Pterodactylus
Speciesname: nobilis
Describer: Owen, 1869 [nomen dubium]
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Info: Genus: Pterodactylus Rafinesque, 1815 [for purposes of priority credited to Cuvier, 1809, although in that work Cuvier used only the inadmissible spelling Ptero-dactyle] = Macrotrachelus Giebel, 1852 = Ornithocepahlus Hay, 1930 [sic] = Onithocephalus Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Ornithocephalus von Sömmering, 1812 = Perodactylus F. Plieninger, 1929 [sic] = Ptenodracon Lydekker, 1888 [juv.] = Ptero-dactyle Cuvier, 1809 = Pterodatylus Fabre, 1981 [sic] = Pterodracon [Anonymous] 1888 [sic, in Zoological Record] = Pterotherium Fischer, 1813 = Pterydactylus Hay, 1930 [sic]
?P. nobilis = Ornithocheirus nobilis (Owen, 1869) Newton, 1888 [nomen dubium] = Ornithochirus nobilis Lydekker, 1888 [sic]
Genusame: Pterodactylus
Speciesname: ornis
Describer: Giebel, 1847 [nomen dubium]
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Info: Genus: Pterodactylus Rafinesque, 1815 [for purposes of priority credited to Cuvier, 1809, although in that work Cuvier used only the inadmissible spelling Ptero-dactyle] = Macrotrachelus Giebel, 1852 = Ornithocepahlus Hay, 1930 [sic] = Onithocephalus Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Ornithocephalus von Sömmering, 1812 = Perodactylus F. Plieninger, 1929 [sic] = Ptenodracon Lydekker, 1888 [juv.] = Ptero-dactyle Cuvier, 1809 = Pterodatylus Fabre, 1981 [sic] = Pterodracon [Anonymous] 1888 [sic, in Zoological Record] = Pterotherium Fischer, 1813 = Pterydactylus Hay, 1930 [sic]
Genusame: Pterodactylus
Speciesname: pleydelli
Describer: Owen, 1874 [nomen dubium]
Distribution: England
Timeperiod: Late Jurassic
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Info: Genus: Pterodactylus Rafinesque, 1815 [for purposes of priority credited to Cuvier, 1809, although in that work Cuvier used only the inadmissible spelling Ptero-dactyle] = Macrotrachelus Giebel, 1852 = Ornithocepahlus Hay, 1930 [sic] = Onithocephalus Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Ornithocephalus von Sömmering, 1812 = Perodactylus F. Plieninger, 1929 [sic] = Ptenodracon Lydekker, 1888 [juv.] = Ptero-dactyle Cuvier, 1809 = Pterodatylus Fabre, 1981 [sic] = Pterodracon [Anonymous] 1888 [sic, in Zoological Record] = Pterotherium Fischer, 1813 = Pterydactylus Hay, 1930 [sic]
?P. pleydellii = Pterodactylus pleydelli (Owen, 1874) Lydekker, 1888 = Pterodactylus playdelli Olshevsky, 1978 [sic]
Genusame: Pterodactylus
Speciesname: primus
Describer: Deffner & O. Fraas, 1859 [nomen dubium]
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Info: Genus: Pterodactylus Rafinesque, 1815 [for purposes of priority credited to Cuvier, 1809, although in that work Cuvier used only the inadmissible spelling Ptero-dactyle] = Macrotrachelus Giebel, 1852 = Ornithocepahlus Hay, 1930 [sic] = Onithocephalus Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Ornithocephalus von Sömmering, 1812 = Perodactylus F. Plieninger, 1929 [sic] = Ptenodracon Lydekker, 1888 [juv.] = Ptero-dactyle Cuvier, 1809 = Pterodatylus Fabre, 1981 [sic] = Pterodracon [Anonymous] 1888 [sic, in Zoological Record] = Pterotherium Fischer, 1813 = Pterydactylus Hay, 1930 [sic]
Genusame: Pterodactylus
Speciesname: propinquus
Describer: (Wagner,1857) Wagner, 1857 [nomen dubium]
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Info: Genus: Pterodactylus Rafinesque, 1815 [for purposes of priority credited to Cuvier, 1809, although in that work Cuvier used only the inadmissible spelling Ptero-dactyle] = Macrotrachelus Giebel, 1852 = Ornithocepahlus Hay, 1930 [sic] = Onithocephalus Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Ornithocephalus von Sömmering, 1812 = Perodactylus F. Plieninger, 1929 [sic] = Ptenodracon Lydekker, 1888 [juv.] = Ptero-dactyle Cuvier, 1809 = Pterodatylus Fabre, 1981 [sic] = Pterodracon [Anonymous] 1888 [sic, in Zoological Record] = Pterotherium Fischer, 1813 = Pterydactylus Hay, 1930 [sic]
?P. propinquus = Pterodactylus (Ornithocephalus) propinquus Wagner, 1857 [nomen dubium] = Ornithocephalus propinquus (Wagner, 1857) Wagner, 1857 [nomen dubium
Genusame: Pterodactylus
Speciesname: raptor
Describer: Owen vide Ingles & Sawyer, 1979 [nomen nudum]
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Info: Genus: Pterodactylus Rafinesque, 1815 [for purposes of priority credited to Cuvier, 1809, although in that work Cuvier used only the inadmissible spelling Ptero-dactyle] = Macrotrachelus Giebel, 1852 = Ornithocepahlus Hay, 1930 [sic] = Onithocephalus Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Ornithocephalus von Sömmering, 1812 = Perodactylus F. Plieninger, 1929 [sic] = Ptenodracon Lydekker, 1888 [juv.] = Ptero-dactyle Cuvier, 1809 = Pterodatylus Fabre, 1981 [sic] = Pterodracon [Anonymous] 1888 [sic, in Zoological Record] = Pterotherium Fischer, 1813 = Pterydactylus Hay, 1930 [sic]
Genusame: Pterodactylus
Speciesname: suprajurensis
Describer: Sauvage, 1873 [nomen dubium]
Distribution: France
Timeperiod: Late Jurassic
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Info: Genus: Pterodactylus Rafinesque, 1815 [for purposes of priority credited to Cuvier, 1809, although in that work Cuvier used only the inadmissible spelling Ptero-dactyle] = Macrotrachelus Giebel, 1852 = Ornithocepahlus Hay, 1930 [sic] = Onithocephalus Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Ornithocephalus von Sömmering, 1812 = Perodactylus F. Plieninger, 1929 [sic] = Ptenodracon Lydekker, 1888 [juv.] = Ptero-dactyle Cuvier, 1809 = Pterodatylus Fabre, 1981 [sic] = Pterodracon [Anonymous] 1888 [sic, in Zoological Record] = Pterotherium Fischer, 1813 = Pterydactylus Hay, 1930 [sic]
?P. suprajurensis = Pterodactylus supra-jurensis Sauvage, 1873 [nomen dubium] = Rhamphorhynchus suprajurensis (Sauvage, 1873) [nomen dubium]