Genre
Valide Éteint

Ptenodracon

Lydekker 1888

Pterodactylus 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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Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
1
Groupe
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marin
Ptenodracon
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Holotype specimen of Pterodactylus antiquus, BSP AS I 739. Original photograph by Steven U. Vidovic, David M. Martill in http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0110646 Modified by Matthew Martyniuk: Cropped, color adjusted. Top central portion of non-fossil-bearing slab digitally altered to remove portion of ruler. © Steven U. Vidovic, David M. Martill, Matthew Martyniuk, · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia

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Classification
Pterosauria Ordre
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Pterodactyloidea Sous-ordre
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Lophocratia Clade non classé
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Ctenochasmatoidea Superfamille
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Ptenodracon Genre
Sites de découverte 1 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇩🇪 Allemagne
1
Distribution temporelle
Kimméridgien (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Espèces (3)
Ptenodracon brevirostris 155 Ma
Pterodactylus meyeri subjective synonym of Ptenodracon brevirostris 155 Ma
Pterodactylus nettecephaloides subjective synonym of Ptenodracon brevirostris 155 Ma
Images 1
Bibliographie
Description originale
K. A. v. Zittel. 1890. Handbuch der Palaeontologie. I. Abteilung Paleozoologie. III. Band. Vertebrata (Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves) [Handbook of Paleontology. Division I. Paleozoology. Volume III. Vertebrata (Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves)]
Bibliographie (1)
R. Lydekker. 1888. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Proterosauria. British Museum (Natural History), London DOI ↗