Aerodactylus

Updated 03 09 2021

When I was a boy I looked at pictures of dinosaurs with unnamed pterosaurs in the background, it’s nice to be able to reverse the process.

Name: Aerodactylus.

Meaning of name: wind finger.

Species: A. scolopaciceps.

Classification: Pterosauria,  Pterodactyloidea,  Aurorazhdarchidae.

Time period: Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic.

Distribution: Bavaria, Germany.

Wingspan: 45-47 centimetres, (juvenile)

Lifestyle: Piscivore.