Not to be confused with Pterodactylus or pterodactyl.
Petrodactyle
Temporal range: Upper Jurassic, lower Tithonian
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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
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]
^Hone, David W.E.; Lauer, René; Lauer, Bruce; Spindler, Frederik (2023-07-14). "Petrodactyle wellnhoferi gen. et sp. nov.: A new and large ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of Germany". Palaeontologia Electronica: 26.2.a25. doi:10.26879/1251.
Petrodactyle (meaning "stone finger") is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic Mörnsheim Formation (Solnhofen limestone)...
David W.E.; Lauer, René; Lauer, Bruce; Spindler, Frederik (2023-07-14). "Petrodactyle wellnhoferi gen. et sp. nov.: A new and large ctenochasmatid pterosaur...
145-million-year-old pterosaur nicknamed as such, and now officially named Petrodactyle wellnhoferi in honor of Peter Wellnhofer Elvis Hurricane hitting Memphis...
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