Ardeadactylus

Ardeadactylus; Temporal range: Late Jurassic, ; 152 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	SMNS 56603, the neotype
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
Clade:	†Euctenochasmatia
Clade:	†Ctenochasmatoidea
Genus:	†Ardeadactylus; Bennett, 2013
Species:	†A. longicollum
Binomial name
	†Ardeadactylus longicollum; (Meyer, 1854)
Synonyms
	List Pterodactylus longipes ; Münster, 1836 ; Pterodactylus longicollum ; Meyer, 1854 ; Diopecephalus longicollum ; (Meyer, 1854) ; Pterodactylus (Ornithocephalus) vulturinus ; Wagner, 1857 ; Pterodactylus vulturinus ; (Wagner, 1857) ; Pterodactylus suevicus ; Fraas, 1878 non Quenstedt, 1855 ; Cycnorhamphus fraasi ; Seeley, 1901 ; Pterodactylus fraasi ; (Seeley, 1901) ;

Ardeadactylus (from Ardea – meaning "heron", and also a name of a genus of herons – and dactylus, meaning "finger") is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatoid pterosaur known from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen limestone of Bavaria, southern Germany. It contains a single species, Ardeadactylus longicollum, which was originally thought to be a species of Pterodactylus, as P. longicollum.^[1]

^ Bennett, S. C. (2013). "New information on body size and cranial display structures of Pterodactylus antiquus, with a revision of the genus". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 87 (2): 269–289. Bibcode:2013PalZ...87..269B. doi:10.1007/s12542-012-0159-8. S2CID 83722829.