Genus
Valid Extinct

Ptenodracon

Lydekker 1888

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
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 Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Lophocratia Unranked clade
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Ctenochasmatoidea Superfamily
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Ptenodracon Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
1
Temporal distribution
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Species (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
Bibliography
Original description
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)]
Bibliography (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 ↗