Ardeadactylus

Ardeadactylus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
152 Ma
SMNS 56603, the neotype
Scientific classification Edit this 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
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]

  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.