Genus
Valid Extinct

Ptenodactylus

Seeley 1869

Ptenodactylus is a scientific name which has been used for several distinct genera of animals. It may refer to:Ptenodactylus : A junior synonym of the lizard genus Pristidactylus "Ptenodactylus" : A nomen nudum which in the 19th century was used to refer to at least 21 species of pterosaur including: "Ptenodactylus" brachyrhinus: A synonym of Ornithocheirus brachyrhinus "Ptenodactylus" capito: A synonym of Ornithocheirus capito "Ptenodactylus" colorhinus: A synonym of Camposipterus colorhinus. "Ptenodactylus" crassidens: A synonym of Ornithocheirus crassidens. "Ptenodactylus" cuvieri: A synonym of Cimoliopterus cuvieri. "Ptenodactylus" dentatus: A synonym of Ornithocheirus dentatus. "Ptenodactylus" enchorhynchus: A synonym of Ornithocheirus enchorhynchus "Ptenodactylus" eurygnathus: A synonym of Ornithocheirus eurygnathus. "Ptenodactylus" fittoni: A synonym of Pterodactylus fittoni "Ptenodactylus" machaerorhynchus: A synonym of Lonchodraco machaerorhynchus "Ptenodactylus macrorhinus": A nomen nudum "Ptenodactylus" microdon: A synonym of Lonchodraco microdon "Ptenodactylus" nasutus: A synonym of Camposipterus nasutus "Ptenodactylus" oweni: A synonym of Lonchodraco microdon "Ptenodactylus" oxyrhinus: A synonym of Ornithocheirus oxyrhinus "Ptenodactylus" platystomus: A synonym of Ornithocheirus platystomus. "Ptenodactylus" polyodon: A synonym of Ornithocheirus polyodon "Ptenodactylus" scaphorhynchus: A synonym of Ornithocheirus scaphorhynchus. "Ptenodactylus" sedgwicki: A synonym of Camposipterus sedgwickii. "Ptenodactylus" tenuirostris: A synonym of Ornithocheirus tenuirostris "Ptenodactylus" woodwardi: A synonym of Pterodactylus woodwardi

Temporal range
PBDB occurrences
0
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Classification
Pterosauria Order
Ptenodactylus Genus
Species (3)
Ptenodactylus colorhinus
Ptenodactylus microdon
Ptenodactylus nasutus
Bibliography
Original description
H. G. Seeley. 1869. Index to the Fossil Remains of Aves, Ornithosauria, and Reptilia, from the Secondary System of Strata, Arranged in the Woodwardian Museum of the University of Cambridge. Deighton, Bell, and Co, Cambridge DOI ↗