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Taxon: Genus †Pterodactylus Rafinesque, 1815 - flight finger (reptile)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Cuvier, 1809 ex Rafinesque, 1815
Unavailable original name & rank:  (Cuvier, G.) 1809. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 424 ("genre", "petro-dactyle"). ≡
Original name, rank & spelling:  Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse: 75 ("G."[genus], "Cuv."). ≡
Subsequent publication:  Cuvier, 1824. Oss. Foss. (ed. 2) 5 (2): 359.

Types

Type of: Pterodactyla (Order) Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 453; 11 Apr 2019. [inferred]
Type of: †Pterodactylidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1838 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 620); 26 Jul 2017. [inferred]
Type of: †Pterodactyloidea (Suborder) Plieninger, 1901 Ref: P. Wellnhofer, 1991a: 185; 26 Jul 2017. [inferred]
Type of: †Pterodactyloidia (Order) Plieninger, 1901 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 63; 29 Oct 2025. [inferred]

Synonyms

Synonymous name: †Cycnorhamphus (Genus) Seeley, 1870 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 620).
Synonymous name: †Diopecephalus (Genus) Seeley, 1871 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 620); PBDB(17 Jan 2018).
Synonymous name: Macrotrachelus (Genus) Giebel, 1850 Ref: PBDB: 17 Jan 2018.
Synonymous name: †Ornithocephalus (Genus) Sömmerring, 1812 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 620).
Synonymous name: †Ornithocephalus (Genus) Sömmerring, 1812 Ref: P. Wellnhofer, 1991a
Synonymous name: †Ptenodracon (Genus) Lydekker, 1888 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 620); Paleofile[18 Jul 2026; p.p.].
Synonymous name: †Pterotherium (Genus) Fischer, 1813, nom. oblit. Ref: PBDB: 17 Jan 2018.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: flight finger Ref: P. Wellnhofer, 1991a
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