Genus
Valid Extinct

Alamodactylus

Andres and Myers 2013

Alamodactylus is an extinct genus of pteranodontian pterosaur known from the Late Cretaceous of Texas, southern United States. It contains a single species, Alamodactylus byrdi.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Pteranodontia Unranked clade
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Alamodactylus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Atco
1
Temporal distribution
Coniacian (89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Alamodactylus byrdi 90 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
B. Andres and T. S. Myers. 2013. Lone Star Pterosaurs. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 103:383-398 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
B. Andres and T. S. Myers. 2013. Lone Star Pterosaurs. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 103:383-398 DOI ↗