Genus
Valid Extinct

Austriadactylus

Dalla Vecchia et al. 2002
Etymology Doigt de l'Autriche

Austriadactylus is a genus of primitive pterosaur. The fossil remains were unearthed in Late Triassic rocks of Austria.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Austriadactylus
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Austriadactylus cristatus from Carnic Prealps and illustration of holotype (C). © F.M. Dalla Vecchia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Austriadactylus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇮🇹 Italy
1
🇦🇹 Austria
1
Geological formations
Dolomia di Forni
1
Seefelder Schichten
1
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Austriadactylus cristatus 215 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
F. M. Dalla Vecchia, R. Wild, and H. Hopf, J. Reitner. 2002. A crested rhamphorhynchoid pterosaur from the Late Triassic of Austria. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(1):196-199
Bibliography (2)
F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2009. The first Italian specimen of Austriadactylus cristatus (Diapsida, Pterosauria) from the Norian (Upper Triassic) of the Carnic Prealps. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 115(3):291-304
F. M. Dalla Vecchia, R. Wild, and H. Hopf, J. Reitner. 2002. A crested rhamphorhynchoid pterosaur from the Late Triassic of Austria. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(1):196-199