Species
Valid Extinct

Pterodactylus spectabilis

Meyer 1861

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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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Macronychoptera Unranked clade
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Novialoidea Unranked clade
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Lonchognatha Unranked clade
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Monofenestrata Unranked clade
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Pterodactylus Genus
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Pterodactylus spectabilis Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
1
Geological formations
Solnhofener Plattenkalk
1
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
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Bibliography
Original description
K. A. v. Zittel. 1890. Handbuch der Palaeontologie. I. Abteilung Paleozoologie. III. Band. Vertebrata (Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves) [Handbook of Paleontology. Division I. Paleozoology. Volume III. Vertebrata (Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves)]
Bibliography (1)
R. Lydekker. 1888. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Proterosauria. British Museum (Natural History), London DOI ↗