Ardeadactylus Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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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
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Binomial name | |
†Ardeadactylus longicollum | |
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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]