Genus
Valid Extinct

Germanodactylus

Young 1964
Etymology Doigt allemand

Germanodactylus is a genus of germanodactylid pterodactyloid pterosaur from Upper Jurassic-age rocks of Germany, including the Solnhofen Limestone. Its specimens were long thought to pertain to Pterodactylus. The head crest of Germanodactylus is a distinctive feature.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Germanodactylus
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Germanodactylus cristatus specimen SMNK PAL 6592. Germanodactylidae; Upper Jurassic, Eichstätt, Germany; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. © H. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Lophocratia Unranked clade
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Germanodactylus Genus
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
4
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1
Geological formations
Solnhofen
2
Kimmeridge Clay
1
Mörnsheim
1
Altmühltal
1
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
4
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Species (2)
Germanodactylus cristatus 149 Ma
Germanodactylus rhamphastinus 149 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
C.-C. Young. 1964. On a new pterosaurian from Sinkiang, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 8(3):221-255
Bibliography (3)
S. C. Bennett. 2006. Juvenile specimens of the pterosaur Germanodactylus cristatus, with a review of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(4):872-878 DOI ↗
D. M. Unwin. 1988. A new pterosaur from the Kimmeridge Clay of Kimmeridge, Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural Hisory and Archaeological Society 109:150-153
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