Genus
Valid Extinct

Aetodactylus

Myers 2010

Aetodactylus is a genus of targaryendraconian pterosaur. It is known from a lower jaw discovered in Upper Cretaceous rocks of northeastern Texas, United States.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Aetodactylus
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Aetodactylus halli holotype. © A. O. Averianov · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Ornithocheiridae Family
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Aetodactylus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Tarrant
1
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Aetodactylus halli 101 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
T. S. Myers. 2010. A new ornithocheiroid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Eagle Ford Group of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(1):280-287 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
T. S. Myers. 2010. A new ornithocheiroid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Eagle Ford Group of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(1):280-287 DOI ↗