Genus: Aerodactylus VIDOVIC & MARTILL, 2014
Etymology: Greek, aero, 'wind', and greek, dactylus, 'finger': a commong suffix
in pterosaur names. The name derives from the Nintendo Pokemon Aerodactyl,
a fantasy creature made up of a combination of different pterosaurian features.
IT seemed a pertinent name for a genus which has been synonymous with Pterodactylus
for so long due to a combination of features.
Species: scolopaciceps (MEYER, 1850) VIDOVIC & MARTILL, 2014
(Type)
= Pterodactylus scolopaciceps MEYER, 1850
Referred material:
FREY, & MARTILL, 1996, FREY & MARTILL, 1998
Locality: Solnhofen, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Lithographic limestone, Solnhofen.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material:
Private collection: Skull and skeleton showing skin and wing impressions.
TISCHLINGER, 1993, FRICKHINGER, 1999Locality: Near Eichstatt, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Solnhofen, Malm Zeta.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material:
Private collection: Skull and skeleton showing partial preservation of soft parts.
Note: The right femur was broken and rehealed.
WELLNHOFER, 1987
Locality: Eichstatt, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.Horizon: Solnhofen, Malm Zeta 2.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Lower Lower Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material:
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Geologisch-Palaontologische Abteilung (NHMW), Nr., 1975/`756: Skull, and skeleton with impressions of the wings.
= Pterodactylus meyeri MUENSTER, 1842
Etymology:Holotype: BMNH 42 736
Locality: Kelheim, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Solnhofen, Malm Zeta.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Referred material:
MEYER,
Number: Not given: Fragmentary skeleton of a juvenile with skin impressions.
= Pterodactylus antiquus ABEL, 1925 non SOEMMERING, 1812
Etymology:Locality: Solnhofen quarries, perhaps at Mornsheim, lithographic shales, of the Altmuhl region of Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Solnhofen, Malm Zeta.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material:
AMNH 1942: Skull, skeleton and impressions of skin and musculature.
= Pterodactylus elegans BROILI, 1925 non WAGNER, 1861
Etymology:Locality: Winterberg, Eichstatt, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Solnhofen, Malm Zeta.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material:
Bayer. Staatssammlung Munchen 1924 V 1: Skull, skeleton of a juvenile and it shows hair like structures.