Pterodactylus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Pterodactylus lived during the Late Jurassic and resided in Europe and Africa. The first Pterodactylus fossil was discovered in 1815.
Quick facts about Pterodactylus:
- Existed from 201.3 million years ago to 136.4 million years ago
- Lived in a limestone
- Was a piscivore
- Could fly
- 12 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Pterodactylus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- A. Ősi and E. Prondvai. 2009. Forgotten pterosaurus in Hungarian collections: first description of Rhamphorhynchus and Pterodactylus specimens. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 252(2):167-180
- C. Brauckmann. 1978. Beitrag zur Flora der Grube Guimarota (Ober-Jura; Mittel-Portugal). Geologica et Palaeontologica 12:213-222
- D. Fuchs, H. Keupp, and T. Engeser. 2003. New records of soft parts of Muensterella scutellaris Muenster, 1842 (Coeloidea) from the Late Jurassic plattenkalks or Eichstãtt and their significance for octobrachian relationships. Berliner Paläobio. Abh. 3:101-111
