Not to be confused with Pterodactylus, a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic.
Ptenodactylus is a scientific name which has been used for several distinct genera of animals. It may refer to:
- Ptenodactylus (Gray, 1845): A junior synonym of the lizard genus Pristidactylus
- "Ptenodactylus" (Seeley, 1869): A nomen nudum which in the 19th century was used to refer to at least 21 species of pterosaur including:
- "Ptenodactylus" brachyrhinus: A synonym of Ornithocheirus brachyrhinus (nomen dubium)
- "Ptenodactylus" capito: A synonym of Ornithocheirus capito
- "Ptenodactylus" colorhinus: A synonym of Camposipterus colorhinus.
- "Ptenodactylus" crassidens: A synonym of Ornithocheirus crassidens. (nomen dubium)
- "Ptenodactylus" cuvieri: A synonym of Cimoliopterus cuvieri.
- "Ptenodactylus" dentatus: A synonym of Ornithocheirus dentatus. (nomen dubium)
- "Ptenodactylus" enchorhynchus: A synonym of Ornithocheirus enchorhynchus (nomen dubium)
- "Ptenodactylus" eurygnathus: A synonym of Ornithocheirus eurygnathus. (nomen dubium)
- "Ptenodactylus" fittoni: A synonym of Pterodactylus fittoni (nomen dubium)
- "Ptenodactylus" machaerorhynchus: A synonym of Lonchodraco machaerorhynchus
- "Ptenodactylus macrorhinus": A nomen nudum
- "Ptenodactylus" microdon: A synonym of Lonchodraco microdon
- "Ptenodactylus" nasutus: A synonym of Camposipterus nasutus
- "Ptenodactylus" oweni: A synonym of Lonchodraco microdon
- "Ptenodactylus" oxyrhinus: A synonym of Ornithocheirus oxyrhinus (nomen dubium)
- "Ptenodactylus" platystomus: A synonym of Ornithocheirus platystomus.
- "Ptenodactylus" polyodon: A synonym of Ornithocheirus polyodon
- "Ptenodactylus" scaphorhynchus: A synonym of Ornithocheirus scaphorhynchus. (nomen dubium)
- "Ptenodactylus" sedgwicki: A synonym of Camposipterus sedgwickii.
- "Ptenodactylus" tenuirostris: A synonym of Ornithocheirus tenuirostris (nomen dubium)
- "Ptenodactylus" woodwardi: A synonym of Pterodactylus woodwardi (nomen dubium)
References
- Rodrigues, T.; Kellner, A. (2013). "Taxonomic review of the Ornithocheirus complex (Pterosauria) from the Cretaceous of England". ZooKeys (308): 1–112. Bibcode:2013ZooK..308....1R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.308.5559. PMC 3689139. PMID 23794925.
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