Petrodactyle
Extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Pterodactylus or pterodactyl.
Petrodactyle (meaning "stone finger") is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic Mörnsheim Formation (Solnhofen limestone) of Bavaria, Germany. The genus contains a single species, P. wellnhoferi, known from a partial skeleton belonging to a subadult individual. Petrodactyle is one of the largest Solnhofen pterosaurs and one of the largest Jurassic pterosaurs, with an estimated wingspan of 2.1 metres (6.9 ft).[1]
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Petrodactyle | |
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Skeleton of P. wellnhoferi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Clade: | †Ctenochasmatoidea |
Family: | †Gallodactylidae (?) |
Genus: | †Petrodactyle Hone et al., 2023 |
Species: | †P. wellnhoferi |
Binomial name | |
†Petrodactyle wellnhoferi Hone et al., 2023 | |
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