pterodactyl (tĕrədăk`tĭl), popular term for a pterosaur pterosaur [Gr., = winged lizard], extinct flying reptile (commonly called pterodactyl [Gr., = wing finger]) of the order Pterosauria, common in the late Triassic and Cretaceous periods, from approximately 228 to 65 million years ago.
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pterodactyl

Any member of the pterosaur suborder Pterodactyloidea, known from Late Jurassic and Cretaceous fossils (159–65 million years ago) in eastern Africa and Europe. Members of the typical genus, Pterodactylus, ranged from the size of a sparrow to that of an albatross. Pterodactyls had slender, delicate teeth that were angled forward (possibly for use as straining devices), long metacarpal bones, and a short tail. They were probably able gliders but not efficient as active fliers, and they apparently lacked feathers. Unlike the archaeopteryx, the pterodactyl was not an ancestor of the birds.

pterodactyl

any extinct flying reptile of the genus Pterodactylus and related genera, having membranous wings supported on an elongated fourth digit

pterodactyl [¦ter·ə¦dak·təl]

(paleontology)

The common name for members of the extinct reptilian order Pterosauria.

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