Propterodactylus

Propterodactylus Temporal range: Late Jurassic (upper Kimmeridgian), ~150 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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
Binomial name
†Propterodactylus frankerlae Spindler, 2024

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.