Propterodactylus | |
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Holotype specimen | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Clade: | †Pterodactyliformes |
Clade: | †Caelidracones (?) |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea (?) |
Genus: | †Propterodactylus Spindler, 2024 |
Species: | †P. frankerlae
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Binomial name | |
†Propterodactylus frankerlae Spindler, 2024
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Propterodactylus (meaning "before Pterodactylus") is an extinct genus of transitional monofenestratan pterosaurs from the Late Jurassic Painten Formation of Germany. The genus contains a single species, P. frankerlae, known from a complete articulated skeleton. Before its naming, Propterodactylus was referred to as the "Painten pro-pterodactyloid" in the scientific literature.