Genus
Valid Extinct

Ardeadactylus

Bennett 2013

Ardeadactylus is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatoid pterosaur known from the Upper 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.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Ardeadactylus
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Neotype fossil of Ardeadactylus longicollum, specimen number SMNS 56603 (Number 58 in Wellnhofer 1970). © Ghedoghedo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
Ardeadactylus
Ardeadactylus
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Ardeadactylus Genus
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
4
Geological formations
Liegende Bankkalk
1
Solnhofen
1
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
1
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
3
Species (2)
Ardeadactylus longicollum 152 Ma
Pterodactylus vulturinus subjective synonym of Ardeadactylus longicollum 152 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
S. C. Bennett. 2013. New information on body size and cranial display structures of Pterodactylus antiquus, with a revision of the genus. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
O. W. M. Rauhut, A. López-Arbarello, and M. Röper, M. Rothgaenger. 2017. Vertebrate fossils from the Kimmeridgian of Brunn: the oldest fauna from the Solnhofen Archipelago (Late Jurassic, Bavaria, Germany). Zitteliana 89:305-329
G. Dietl and G. Schweigert. 2011. Im Reich der Meerengel. Der Nusplinger Plattenkalk und seine Fossilien.
P. Wellnhofer. 1970. Die Pterodactyloidea (Pterosauria) der Oberjura-Plattenkalke Süddeutschlands [The Pterydactyloidea (Pterosauria) of the Upper Jurassic plattenkalks of southern Germany]. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse Abhandlungen, Neue Folge 141:1-133