| Preondactylus Temporal range: Late Triassic, Carnian or Norian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Clade: | †Preondactylia |
| Genus: | †Preondactylus Wild, 1984 |
| Species: | †P. bufarinii
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| †Preondactylus bufarinii Wild, 1984
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Preondactylus is a genus of long-tailed pterosaurs from the Late Triassic (Carnian-Norian[1] or late Norian,[2] about 217-214 million years ago)[3] that inhabited what is now Italy. It contains a single known species, Preondactylus buffarinii, which was discovered by Nando Buffarini in 1982 at the Forni Dolostone near Udine in the Preone valley of the Italian Alps.[4]
- ^ Paul G.S. The Princeton Field Guide to Pterosaurs (Princeton University Press, 2022), p. 98
- ^ Barrett, P. M., Butler, R. J., Edwards, N. P., & Milner, A. R. (2008). Pterosaur distribution in time and space: an atlas. Zitteliana, 61-107. [1]
- ^ Müller R.T., Ezcurra M.D., Garcia M.S., Agnolín F.L., Stocker M.R., Novas F.E., Soares M.B., Kellner A.W.A. & Nesbitt S.J. (2023). ”New reptile shows dinosaurs and pterosaurs evolved among diverse precursors”. Nature 620(7974): p. 589–594. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06359-z
- ^ "Preondactylus." In: Cranfield, Ingrid (ed.). The Illustrated Directory of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures. London: Salamander Books, Ltd. Pp. 284-285.