Petrodactyle
Petrodactyle (meaning "stone finger") is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic Mörnsheim Formation (Solnhofen limestone) of Bavaria, Germany. The genus contains a single species, P. wellnhoferi, known from a partial skeleton belonging to a subadult individual. Petrodactyle is one of the largest Solnhofen pterosaurs and one of the largest Jurassic pterosaurs, with an estimated wingspan of 2.1 metres (6.9 ft).
| Petrodactyle Temporal range: Upper Jurassic, lower | |
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| Skeleton of P. wellnhoferi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Clade: | †Ctenochasmatoidea |
| Family: | †Gallodactylidae (?) |
| Genus: | †Petrodactyle Hone et al., 2023 |
| Species: | †P. wellnhoferi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Petrodactyle wellnhoferi Hone et al., 2023 | |
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