Pterodactylus

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Pterodactylus

Fossil range: Late Jurassic
Pterodactylus kochi
Pterodactylus kochi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Family: Pterodactylidae
Genus: Pterodactylus
Cuvier, 1809
Species
P. antiquus(Holotype)
P. arningi
P. cerinensis
P. elegans
P. grandipelvis
P. grandis
P. kochi
P. manseli
P. maximus
P. micronyx
P. pleydelli
P. suprajurensis

'Pterodactylus' was a small pterosaur. It lived in the Jurassic period, at the same time as many dinosaurs. Pterodactylus live on a series of small islands in what is now Germany. It probably ate fish, and many other things it could find on the seashore.

Pterodactylus - American Museum of Natural History.
Pterodactylus - American Museum of Natural History.