Pterodactylus
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Pterodactylus is a genus of extinct pterosaurs. It is thought to contain only a single species, Pterodactylus antiquus, which was the first pterosaur to be named and identified as a flying reptile and
Original copper engraving of the P. antiquus holotype by Egid Verhelst II and published by Italian scientist Cosimo Alessandro Collini, 1784
Wagler's 1830 restoration of an aquatic Pterodactylus
Holotype specimen of the species P. spectabilis, now considered a juvenile specimen of P. antiquus
Fossil pelvis of a large specimen, now referred to the dubious species P. grandipelvis
Pteranodon
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When the first fossils of Pteranodon were found, they were assigned to toothed pterosaur genera, which includes Ornithocheirus and Pterodactylus. In 1876, Othniel Charles Marsh recognised it as a genu
Pterodactylus
…supported internally by collagen fibres and externally by keratinous ridges. Pterodactylus was a small pterosaur compared to other famous genera such as Pteranodon and Quetzalcoatlus, and it also lived earlier, during the Late Jurassic period, while both Pteranodon and Quetzalcoatlus lived during the Late Cretaceous…
Pteranodon amnh martyniuk
Early illustration of Ornithocheirus umbrosus (now Pteranodon), when teeth erroneously were attributed to the species and the crest was unknown, 1872
Short-crested P. longiceps holotype specimen YPM1177, now interpreted as a female individual
Skull and beak of specimen AMNH 7515