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Pterodactylus is a specific genus of pterosaur. It is a different term to pterodactyl which is a common term for pterosaurs as a whole. Any information on pop culture etc. should be palced at the pterodactyl article. Martyman 03:48, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Jouve (2004) demonstrated that Pterodactylus elegans is probably a species of Ctenochasma, resulting in the new combination Ctenochasma elegans (Wagner, 1861) comb. nov. For this reason, remove elegans from the Pterodactylus species list and transfer it to Ctenochasma.
Stéphane, J., 2004. Description of the skull of a *Ctenochasma* (Pterosauria) from the latest Jurassic of eastern France, with a taxonomic revision of European Tithonian Pterodactyloidea, JVP 24(3):542-554.
A study by Mateer (1976) recognizes two species of Pterodactylus from Germany: Pterodactylus antiquus (P. kochi is a junior synonym) and P. micronyx.
Mateer, N. J. 1976 A statistical study of the genus Pterodactylus. Bull. geol. Inst. Univ. Uppsala 6, 97-105.
Pterodactylus grandipelvis and P. grandis may also be synonyms of P. antiquus, because they are nomina dubia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.194.116.63 ( talk) 19:38, 29 December 2006 (UTC).
Pterodactylus is represented in Britain, France, and Tanzania each by two species. The British species are Pterodactylus manseli and Pterodactylus pleydelli, the French species are Pterodactylus cerinensis and Pterodactylus suprajurensis, and Tanzanian species are Pterodactylus arningi and Pterodactylus maximus. Add these species to this page. In all, there are 8 species of Pterodactylus (2 in Britain, 2 in France, 2 in Germany [P. kochi is synonymous with P. antiquus, according to Mateer, 1976], and 2 in Tanzania). This number of Pterodactylus species suggests that Pterodactylus is widespread.
Mateer, N. J. 1976 A statistical study of the genus Pterodactylus. Bull. geol. Inst. Univ. Uppsala 6, 97-105. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.194.116.63 ( talk) 20:00, 29 December 2006 (UTC).
it doesnt say how long they were so cant really get the proportions.....
Bennett (1996, 2003) provided evidence that Pterodactylus kochi is conspecific with P. antiquus. Bennett (1996) demonstrated P. micronyx to be the juvenile of Gnathosaurus subulatus. These conclusions are based on analyses that plot the measurements of Pterodactylus elements against their size frequency. His revision of the genus Pterodactylus shows that the German Pterodactylus is represented by only one species. He originally considered Germanodactylus, a similar pterodactylid, to be a species of Pterodactylus (as P. sp.), but later (2006) showed Germanodactylus to be distinct from Pterodactylus. Jouve (2004) concluded that Diopecephalus is related to Pterodactylus. The revised synonymy of the German Pterodactylus (modified from http://archosauria.org/pterosauria/taxonomy/species.pdf) is presented below:
Pterodactylus Cuvier, 1809 emend. Rafinesque, 1815
=Ornithocephalus von Sömmering, 1812
= "Pterotherium" Fischer, 1813
= Macrotrachelus Giebel, 1852
= Ptenodracon Lydekker, 1888
P. antiquus (von Sömmering, 1812) Lydekker, 1888
= Ornithocephalus antiquus von Sömmering, 1812
= Ornithocephalus brevirostris von Sömmering, 1816–17
= Ptenodracon brevirostris (von Sömmering, 1816–17) Lydekker, 1888
= Pterodactylus brevirostris (von Sömmering, 1816–17) Oken, 1819
= Pterodactylus longirostris Cuvier, 1819
= Macrotrachelus longirostris (Cuvier, 1819) Giebel, 1852
= Ornithocephalus longirostris (Cuvier, 1819) Ritgen, 1826
= Pterodactylus "suevicus" Oken, 1825
= Pterodactylus crocodilocephaloides Ritgen, 1826
= Ornithocephalus kochi Wagner, 1837
= Pterodactylus kochi (Wagner, 1837) von Meyer, 1859
= Diopecephalus kochi (Wagner, 1837) Seeley, 1871
= Ornithocephalus kochi (Wagner, 1837) Lydekker, 1888
= Pterodactylus meyeri Münster, 1842
= Ornithocephalus meyeri (Münster, 1842) Wagner, 1851
= Pterodactylus scolopaciceps von Meyer, 1850
= Rhamphorhynchus scolopaciceps (von Meyer, 1850)
= Pterodactylus spectabilis von Meyer, 1861
Bennett, S. C. 1996. Year-classes of pterosaurs from the Solnhofen Limestone of Germany: taxonomic and systematic implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 16:432-444.
Bennett, S. C. 2003. New information on the genera Pterodactylus and Germanodactylus from the Solnhofen Limestone of southern Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 23(Suppl. to #3):33A.
Bennett, S. C. 2006. Juvenile specimens of the pterosaur Germanodactylus cristatus, with a review of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26:872-878.
Jouve, S., 2004. Description of the skull of a Ctenochasma (Pterosauria) from the Late Jurassic of eastern France, with a taxonomic revision of European Tithonian Pterodactyloidea. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: 3: 542-554.
Therefore, update the Pterodactylus taxobox and page, once Bennett publishes his (2003) abstract as a full paper.
I don't know, but I would say that Bennett will publish his work concerning the synonymy of Pterodactylus kochi with P. antiquus and the distinctness of Daitingopterus (to be published as new genus for "Pterodactylus rhamphastinus"), Diopecephalus, and Germanodactylus will be published later this year. Germanodactylus will be restricted to the type species, G. cristatus (Witman, 1925), with G. rhamphastinus (Wagner, 1851) to be made the type of the new genus Daitingopterus.
Is the Pterodactylus "suevicus" Oken, 1825 [nomen nudum] mentioned here the same as this? [1] FunkMonk ( talk) 02:47, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
The CG image on the left side of the article shows Pterodactylus with "Walking With Dinosaurs" grade hands--the smaller fingers curve back over the wing finger. I'm pretty sure this is incorrect--the wing finger doesn't come out of the palm of the hand, it's a digit that begins at a metacarpal just like the regular fingers. It doesn't even seem possible for a pterosaur to twist its fingers that way without breaking and/or dislocating them. Unless pterosaur digits articulated backwards, I just don't see how it could happen. 97.104.210.67 ( talk) 18:58, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
There's a viral video and it's fast becoming a pop cultural idea of the Pterodactyle in the cartoons of theoatmeal.com http://theoatmeal.com/pterodactyl_video Maybe it's worth mentioning somewhere but I'm new to this so will leave it to the experts — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.58.110.168 ( talk) 02:20, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
I was told that Pterodactyl was mentioned in Discovery Science as a mammal NOT a Reptile - as such it would be an evolutionary step away from avian-like reptiles, and most definitely not a Flying lizard or dinosaur ... can anyone get the reference and disambiguate and re-edit for this new viewpoint or theory ...
AspieNo1 ( talk) 20:40, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
Here a Pterodactylus longirostris is attributted to Cuvier, 1819. But in the Aurorazhdarcho article, there's a Pterodactylus longirostris von Meyer, 1859. What's the matter? FunkMonk ( talk) 11:56, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
I forgot to mention that Pterodactylus brevirostris was tentatively synonymized with Aurorazhdarcho micronyx by Wellnhofer (1970). Bennett (2013) mentions that the holotype is very similar to Aurorazhdarcho, and so it's possible that P. brevirostris (and hence Ptenodracon could be a senior synonym of Aurorazhdarcho. Extrapolaris ( talk) 19:35, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian
In the paper naming Aerodactylus [3], it is mentioned a paper resurrecting Diopecephalus kochi is in press. Seems this article will have some problems by then. FunkMonk ( talk) 08:37, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
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Pterodactylus is a specific genus of pterosaur. It is a different term to pterodactyl which is a common term for pterosaurs as a whole. Any information on pop culture etc. should be palced at the pterodactyl article. Martyman 03:48, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Jouve (2004) demonstrated that Pterodactylus elegans is probably a species of Ctenochasma, resulting in the new combination Ctenochasma elegans (Wagner, 1861) comb. nov. For this reason, remove elegans from the Pterodactylus species list and transfer it to Ctenochasma.
Stéphane, J., 2004. Description of the skull of a *Ctenochasma* (Pterosauria) from the latest Jurassic of eastern France, with a taxonomic revision of European Tithonian Pterodactyloidea, JVP 24(3):542-554.
A study by Mateer (1976) recognizes two species of Pterodactylus from Germany: Pterodactylus antiquus (P. kochi is a junior synonym) and P. micronyx.
Mateer, N. J. 1976 A statistical study of the genus Pterodactylus. Bull. geol. Inst. Univ. Uppsala 6, 97-105.
Pterodactylus grandipelvis and P. grandis may also be synonyms of P. antiquus, because they are nomina dubia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.194.116.63 ( talk) 19:38, 29 December 2006 (UTC).
Pterodactylus is represented in Britain, France, and Tanzania each by two species. The British species are Pterodactylus manseli and Pterodactylus pleydelli, the French species are Pterodactylus cerinensis and Pterodactylus suprajurensis, and Tanzanian species are Pterodactylus arningi and Pterodactylus maximus. Add these species to this page. In all, there are 8 species of Pterodactylus (2 in Britain, 2 in France, 2 in Germany [P. kochi is synonymous with P. antiquus, according to Mateer, 1976], and 2 in Tanzania). This number of Pterodactylus species suggests that Pterodactylus is widespread.
Mateer, N. J. 1976 A statistical study of the genus Pterodactylus. Bull. geol. Inst. Univ. Uppsala 6, 97-105. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.194.116.63 ( talk) 20:00, 29 December 2006 (UTC).
it doesnt say how long they were so cant really get the proportions.....
Bennett (1996, 2003) provided evidence that Pterodactylus kochi is conspecific with P. antiquus. Bennett (1996) demonstrated P. micronyx to be the juvenile of Gnathosaurus subulatus. These conclusions are based on analyses that plot the measurements of Pterodactylus elements against their size frequency. His revision of the genus Pterodactylus shows that the German Pterodactylus is represented by only one species. He originally considered Germanodactylus, a similar pterodactylid, to be a species of Pterodactylus (as P. sp.), but later (2006) showed Germanodactylus to be distinct from Pterodactylus. Jouve (2004) concluded that Diopecephalus is related to Pterodactylus. The revised synonymy of the German Pterodactylus (modified from http://archosauria.org/pterosauria/taxonomy/species.pdf) is presented below:
Pterodactylus Cuvier, 1809 emend. Rafinesque, 1815
=Ornithocephalus von Sömmering, 1812
= "Pterotherium" Fischer, 1813
= Macrotrachelus Giebel, 1852
= Ptenodracon Lydekker, 1888
P. antiquus (von Sömmering, 1812) Lydekker, 1888
= Ornithocephalus antiquus von Sömmering, 1812
= Ornithocephalus brevirostris von Sömmering, 1816–17
= Ptenodracon brevirostris (von Sömmering, 1816–17) Lydekker, 1888
= Pterodactylus brevirostris (von Sömmering, 1816–17) Oken, 1819
= Pterodactylus longirostris Cuvier, 1819
= Macrotrachelus longirostris (Cuvier, 1819) Giebel, 1852
= Ornithocephalus longirostris (Cuvier, 1819) Ritgen, 1826
= Pterodactylus "suevicus" Oken, 1825
= Pterodactylus crocodilocephaloides Ritgen, 1826
= Ornithocephalus kochi Wagner, 1837
= Pterodactylus kochi (Wagner, 1837) von Meyer, 1859
= Diopecephalus kochi (Wagner, 1837) Seeley, 1871
= Ornithocephalus kochi (Wagner, 1837) Lydekker, 1888
= Pterodactylus meyeri Münster, 1842
= Ornithocephalus meyeri (Münster, 1842) Wagner, 1851
= Pterodactylus scolopaciceps von Meyer, 1850
= Rhamphorhynchus scolopaciceps (von Meyer, 1850)
= Pterodactylus spectabilis von Meyer, 1861
Bennett, S. C. 1996. Year-classes of pterosaurs from the Solnhofen Limestone of Germany: taxonomic and systematic implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 16:432-444.
Bennett, S. C. 2003. New information on the genera Pterodactylus and Germanodactylus from the Solnhofen Limestone of southern Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 23(Suppl. to #3):33A.
Bennett, S. C. 2006. Juvenile specimens of the pterosaur Germanodactylus cristatus, with a review of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26:872-878.
Jouve, S., 2004. Description of the skull of a Ctenochasma (Pterosauria) from the Late Jurassic of eastern France, with a taxonomic revision of European Tithonian Pterodactyloidea. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: 3: 542-554.
Therefore, update the Pterodactylus taxobox and page, once Bennett publishes his (2003) abstract as a full paper.
I don't know, but I would say that Bennett will publish his work concerning the synonymy of Pterodactylus kochi with P. antiquus and the distinctness of Daitingopterus (to be published as new genus for "Pterodactylus rhamphastinus"), Diopecephalus, and Germanodactylus will be published later this year. Germanodactylus will be restricted to the type species, G. cristatus (Witman, 1925), with G. rhamphastinus (Wagner, 1851) to be made the type of the new genus Daitingopterus.
Is the Pterodactylus "suevicus" Oken, 1825 [nomen nudum] mentioned here the same as this? [1] FunkMonk ( talk) 02:47, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
The CG image on the left side of the article shows Pterodactylus with "Walking With Dinosaurs" grade hands--the smaller fingers curve back over the wing finger. I'm pretty sure this is incorrect--the wing finger doesn't come out of the palm of the hand, it's a digit that begins at a metacarpal just like the regular fingers. It doesn't even seem possible for a pterosaur to twist its fingers that way without breaking and/or dislocating them. Unless pterosaur digits articulated backwards, I just don't see how it could happen. 97.104.210.67 ( talk) 18:58, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
There's a viral video and it's fast becoming a pop cultural idea of the Pterodactyle in the cartoons of theoatmeal.com http://theoatmeal.com/pterodactyl_video Maybe it's worth mentioning somewhere but I'm new to this so will leave it to the experts — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.58.110.168 ( talk) 02:20, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
I was told that Pterodactyl was mentioned in Discovery Science as a mammal NOT a Reptile - as such it would be an evolutionary step away from avian-like reptiles, and most definitely not a Flying lizard or dinosaur ... can anyone get the reference and disambiguate and re-edit for this new viewpoint or theory ...
AspieNo1 ( talk) 20:40, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
Here a Pterodactylus longirostris is attributted to Cuvier, 1819. But in the Aurorazhdarcho article, there's a Pterodactylus longirostris von Meyer, 1859. What's the matter? FunkMonk ( talk) 11:56, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
I forgot to mention that Pterodactylus brevirostris was tentatively synonymized with Aurorazhdarcho micronyx by Wellnhofer (1970). Bennett (2013) mentions that the holotype is very similar to Aurorazhdarcho, and so it's possible that P. brevirostris (and hence Ptenodracon could be a senior synonym of Aurorazhdarcho. Extrapolaris ( talk) 19:35, 6 April 2014 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian
In the paper naming Aerodactylus [3], it is mentioned a paper resurrecting Diopecephalus kochi is in press. Seems this article will have some problems by then. FunkMonk ( talk) 08:37, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
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I'll have a go at this one.
What a fascinating article, and on an iconic subject.
The result was: promoted by
Yoninah (
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19:08, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
Improved to Good Article status by JurassicClassic767 ( talk). Self-nominated at 10:35, 10 June 2020 (UTC).
ALT4: ... that
Pterodactylus (pictured), the scientific name for a pterodactyl, had been considered a "
wastebasket taxon", as many species were assigned to it and later reassigned to other
taxonstaxa?
The redirect
P. antiquus has been listed at
redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the
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Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 March 6 § P. antiquus until a consensus is reached.
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21:16, 6 March 2023 (UTC)