Pterodactylus Giganteus

''Pterodactylus giganteus'' is a scientific name which has been used for at least three distinct

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pterosaur Pterosaurs (; from Greek ''pteron'' and ''sauros'', meaning "wing lizard") is an extinct clade of flying reptiles in the order, Pterosauria. They existed during most of the Mesozoic: from the Late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous (228 to ...

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Pterodactylus ''Pterodactylus'' (from Greek () meaning 'winged finger') is an extinct genus of pterosaurs. It is thought to contain only a single species, ''Pterodactylus antiquus'', which was the first pterosaur to be named and identified as a flying rept ...

''. It may refer to: * "''Pterodactylus''" ''giganteus'' ( Oken, 1819): Originally '' Ornithocephalus giganteus'', currently considered a synonym of ''

Rhamphorhynchus muensteri ''Rhamphorhynchus'' (, from Ancient Greek ''rhamphos'' meaning "beak" and ''rhynchus'' meaning "snout") is a genus of long-tailed pterosaurs in the Jurassic period. Less specialized than contemporary, short-tailed pterodactyloid pterosaurs such ...

'' * "''Pterodactylus''" ''giganteus'' (Morris, 1854): A synonym of ''

Cimoliornis diomedeus ''Cimoliornis'' is a pterosaur genus containing the single species ''Cimoliornis diomedeus'', meaning "long-winged bird of the chalk". It is known from a partial metacarpal (lower wing bone) found in late Cretaceous period English Chalk Formation ...

'' * "''Pterodactylus''" ''giganteus'' ( Bowerbank, 1846): Now '' Lonchodraco giganteus'' {{Species Latin name disambiguation Pterodactyloids