Genus
Valid Extinct

Dermodactylus

Marsh 1881
Etymology Doigt de peau

Dermodactylus was a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian-Tithonian-age Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming, United States. It is based on a single partial bone, from the hand.

Temporal range
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PBDB occurrences
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Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Dermodactylus
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Illustration of the holotype metacarpal of Dermodactylus montanus, a pterosaur from the Jurassic of Wyoming. Reference Colbert EH (1969) A Jurassic Pterosaur from Cuba. American Museum Novitates 2370, 1-26 © Skye McDavid · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Ornithocephaliformes Suborder
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Ornithocephalidae Family
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Ornithocephalinae Subfamily
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Dermodactylus Genus
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Bibliography
Original description
O. C. Marsh. 1881. Note on American pterodactyls. American Journal of Science 31:342-343 DOI ↗