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Extinct order of flying reptiles
Pterosaurs are an extinct clade of warm-blooded flying reptiles in the order Pterosauria. They existed during most of the Mesozoic: from the Late Triassic
Pterosaur
Genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Cretaceous period
Anhanguera (Portuguese: [ɐɲɐ̃ˈɡwɛɾɐ] ) is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Early Cretaceous (Albian age, 112 to 100 million years ago)
Anhanguera_(pterosaur)
Build of Late Jurassic period flying reptiles
The anatomy of pterosaurs was highly modified from their reptilian ancestors by the adaptation to flight. The bones of pterosaurs were hollow and air-filled
Anatomy_of_pterosaurs
Genus of tapejarid pterosaur
Europejara is a genus of tapejarid pterosaur that lived during the Barremian age of the Early Cretaceous epoch in what is now Spain. The only known specimen
Europejara
Genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic
genus of extinct pterosaurs. It is thought to contain only a single species, Pterodactylus antiquus, which was the first pterosaur to be named and identified
Pterodactylus
This list of pterosaurs is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the order Pterosauria, excluding purely vernacular terms
List_of_pterosaur_genera
Genus of azhdarchid pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous
Quetzalcoatlus (/kɛtsəlkoʊˈætləs/ ) is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur that lived during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous in North America
Quetzalcoatlus
Genus of pterosaur of the Late Cretaceous
Ancient Greek pteron 'wing', an- 'without', and odon 'tooth' is a genus of pterosaur that included some of the largest known flying reptiles, with P. longiceps
Pteranodon
Evolutionary relationships
of pterosaurs entails the various phylogenetic trees used to classify pterosaurs throughout the years and varying views of these animals. Pterosaur phylogeny
Pterosaur_classification
This timeline of pterosaur research is a chronologically ordered list of important fossil discoveries, controversies of interpretation, and taxonomic
Timeline of pterosaur research
Timeline_of_pterosaur_research
Family of large azhdarchoid pterosaurs
azhdar, اژدر, a dragon-like creature in Persian mythology) is a family of pterosaurs known primarily from the Late Cretaceous. Azhdarchids include the largest
Azhdarchidae
Superfamily of pterodactyloid pterosaurs
meaning "azhdarchid-like forms") is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. Pterosaurs belonging to this group lived throughout the
Azhdarchoidea
Family of azhdarchoid pterosaurs from the Cretaceous period
Tupi word meaning 'the lord of the ways') is a family of azhdarchoid pterosaurs from the Cretaceous period. Members are currently known from Africa, Asia
Tapejaridae
Genus of rhamphorhynchid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic
genus of long-tailed pterosaurs in the Jurassic period. Less specialized than contemporary, short-tailed pterodactyloid pterosaurs such as Pterodactylus
Rhamphorhynchus
Clade of bird-like archosaur reptiles
two most successful groups of avemetatarsalians were the dinosaurs and pterosaurs. Dinosaurs were the largest terrestrial animals for much of the Mesozoic
Avemetatarsalia
Genus of tapejarid pterosaur
(from a Tupi word meaning "the lord of the path") is a genus of Brazilian pterosaur from the Cretaceous period (Santana Group, dating to about 127 to 112
Tapejara_wellnhoferi
Paleontological site in southwestern France
Pterosaur Beach (French: Plage aux Ptérosaures) is a French palaeoichnologic site bearing tracks made by dinosaurs and pterosaurs. Located on the Mas
Pterosaur_Beach
known opalised skeleton on Earth". The "African pterosaur" is an informal name given to a pterosaur specimen from the Early Cretaceous of Niger, which
List of informally named Mesozoic reptiles
List_of_informally_named_Mesozoic_reptiles
Pterosaur-looking reptilian cryptid in Central Africa
The Kongamato ("breaker of boats") is a cryptozoological, pterosaur-like creature reportedly seen by members of the indigenous population and researchers
Kongamato
Suborder of monofenestratan pterosaurs
δάκτυλος (dáktylos) "finger") is one of the two traditional suborders of pterosaurs ("wing lizards"), and contains the most derived members of this group
Pterodactyloidea
Genus of large azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Hatzegopteryx ("Hațeg basin wing") is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur found in the late Maastrichtian deposits of the Densuș-Ciula Formation, an outcropping
Hatzegopteryx
Genus of large azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Arambourgiania (meaning "Camille Arambourg's") is a genus of pterosaur, an extinct group of flying reptiles, that inhabited Jordan during the Maastrichtian
Arambourgiania
Genus of pterosaur from Scotland
Ceoptera (meaning "mist wing") is an extinct genus of darwinopteran pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic Kilmaluag Formation of Scotland. The genus contains
Ceoptera
Family of pterosaurs from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods
Anurognathidae is a family of small, short-tailed pterosaurs that lived in Europe, Asia, and possibly North America during the Jurassic and Cretaceous
Anurognathidae
Chinese football club
Dingnan County. Shaoxing Jiayu Pterosaur F.C. was founded in 2017. In 2019, the club changed its name to Shaoxing Shangyu Pterosaur F.C.. The club participated
Ganzhou_Ruishi_F.C.
Walters, Rayfield & Donoghue (2026) argue that modern reconstructions of pterosaur wings likely underestimate the diversity of wing shapes within this group
2026 in archosaur paleontology
2026_in_archosaur_paleontology
American adult animated television series
returns from a fishing trip, and a scrape with a giant crocodile and a pterosaur, to find his wife and two children devoured by a trio of horned tyrannosaurs
Primal_(TV_series)
Extinct genus of reptiles
Harpactognathus (meaning "seizing/grasping jaw") is a genus of pterosaur, a group of extinct flying reptiles, that lived during the Kimmeridgian stage
Harpactognathus
Family of pterodactyloid pterosaurs
Ornithocheiridae, meaning "bird hands") is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. These pterosaurs were among the last to possess teeth. Members
Anhangueridae
Clade of pteranodontoid pterosaurs
Ornithocheiromorpha (from Ancient Greek, meaning "bird hand form") is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. Fossil remains of this group date
Ornithocheiromorpha
Genus of azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Nipponopterus (meaning "Nippon wing") is an extinct genus of azhdarchid pterosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous (Turonian to Coniacian ages) in
Nipponopterus
Genus of wukongopterid pterosaur from the Jurassic period
Kunpengopterus is a genus of wukongopterid pterosaur from the middle-late Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of northeastern China. The genus contains two
Kunpengopterus
American paleoartist and pseudopaleontologist
regarding prehistoric animals, particularly pterosaurs, and phylogeny which he promotes via his blog The Pterosaur Heresies and website ReptileEvolution.com
David_Peters_(paleoartist)
Genus of tapejaromorph pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
dubious genus of tapejaromorph pterosaur, based on a very small specimen originally described as the smallest known adult pterosaur to date. It lived in the
Nemicolopterus
Family of azhdarchoid pterosaurs
Chaoyangopteridae (or chaoyangopterids) is a family of pterosaurs within the larger group Azhdarchoidea. Chaoyangopterids lived mostly during the Early
Chaoyangopteridae
Genus of anurognathid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic
(from the Greek ανоυρα γναθος "frog jaw") is an extinct genus of small pterosaur from the Late Jurassic Altmühltal Formation of Germany. Anurognathus was
Anurognathus
Cretaceous formations in Texas and New Mexico
in southern New Mexico, whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Pterosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation
Buda_Limestone
Infraorder of pterodactyloid pterosaurs
(meaning "ancient Pterodactyloidea") is an extinct clade of pterodactyloid pterosaurs that lived from the middle Late Jurassic to the latest Early Cretaceous
Archaeopterodactyloidea
Extinct clade of reptiles
Pterosauromorpha (meaning "pterosaur-like forms") is one of the two basic divisions of Ornithodira that includes pterosaurs and all taxa that are closer
Pterosauromorpha
at the end of the Cretaceous, together with an alphabetical listing of pterosaur species and their geological ages. Angustinarhipterus longicephalus: Bathonian-Callovian
Graphical timeline of pterosaurs
Graphical_timeline_of_pterosaurs
Genus of anurognathid pterosaur from the Jurassic period
Jeholopterus was a small anurognathid pterosaur known from the Middle to Late Jurassic Daohugou Beds of the Tiaojishan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China
Jeholopterus
Family of ornithocheiroid pterosaurs
Dsungaripteridae is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. They were robust pterosaurs with good terrestrial abilities and flight
Dsungaripteridae
Sixth and last age of the Late Cretaceous
extinction, many commonly recognized groups such as non-avian dinosaurs, pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, and mosasaurs, as well as many other lesser-known groups
Maastrichtian
Genus of early pterosaurs
Eotephradactylus (meaning "ash-winged dawn goddess") is an extinct genus of pterosaurs known from the Late Triassic of what is now Arizona, United States. The
Eotephradactylus
Genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic
Ctenochasma (meaning "comb jaw") is a genus of Late Jurassic ctenochasmatid pterosaur belonging to the suborder Pterodactyloidea. Three species are currently
Ctenochasma
stratigraphic units, where pterosaur fossils have been recovered from. Units listed are all either formation rank or higher (e.g. group). Pterosaur List of fossil
List of pterosaur-bearing stratigraphic units
List_of_pterosaur-bearing_stratigraphic_units
Topics referred to by the same term
dictionary. Pterodactyl is an informal term for pterosaurs, based on the genus of the first pterosaur known to science, Pterodactylus. Pterodactyl may
Pterodactyl_(disambiguation)
Genus of nyctosaurid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Nyctosaurus (meaning "night lizard") is a genus of nyctosaurid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period of what is now the Niobrara Formation of the
Nyctosaurus
Genus of campylognathoidid pterosaur from the Early Jurassic
Campylognathoides is an extinct genus of pterosaur discovered in the Württemberg Lias deposits (dated to the early Toarcian age) of Germany; this first
Campylognathoides
Animals that have evolved aerial locomotion
has evolved prominently in at least four terrestrial clades: insects, pterosaurs, birds and bats. Gliding and kiting, which are essentially controlled
Flying_and_gliding_animals
Genus of pterosaur from the Late Triassic
peh-TY-nə-SOR-əs; meaning "winged lizard") was a prehistoric genus of pterosaur. It lived in the late Triassic period in the late Norian age (about 218-215
Peteinosaurus
Genus of tapejarid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
Wightia is a genus of tapejarid pterosaur recovered from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) aged Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight of England, from
Wightia_declivirostris
Genus of rhamphorhynchid pterosaur from the Early Jurassic
Dorygnathus ("spear jaw") was a genus of rhamphorhynchid pterosaur that lived in Europe during the Early Jurassic period, when shallow seas flooded much
Dorygnathus
Group of diapsids broadly classified as reptiles
extinct relatives of birds and crocodilians such as non-avian dinosaurs, pterosaurs, phytosaurs, aetosaurs and rauisuchians as well as many Mesozoic marine
Archosaur
Membranous structure that assists an animal in gliding or flight
including bats, theropod dinosaurs (including birds and some dromaeosaurs), pterosaurs, gliding mammals, some flying lizards, and flying frogs. The patagium
Patagium
Genus of azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Alanqa is a genus of alanqid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period (Cenomanian stage) of what is now the Kem Kem Group of southeastern Morocco. The
Alanqa
Clade of breviquartossan pterosaurs
Monofenestrata is a clade of pterosaurs. It includes the pterosaurs in which the nasal and antorbital fenestra (openings/holes) in the skull are merged
Monofenestrata
Species of pteranodontid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
pterodactyloid pterosaur genus Pteranodon from the Late Cretaceous geological period of North America. P. sternbergi was among the largest pterosaurs, with a
Pteranodon_sternbergi
Genus of large azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Cryodrakon is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur that lived during the late Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Canada, around 76
Cryodrakon
Geological formation in Brazil
Pterossauros ("Pterosaur Graveyard") Quarry, located in the municipality of Cruzeiro do Oeste. Animals recovered from this site include the pterosaurs Keresdrakon
Goio-Erê_Formation
Genus of tapejarid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
personification of the Tupi supreme deity) is a genus of tapejarid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. It is known from
Tupandactylus
Genus of azhdarchoid pterosaurs
Inabtanin is an extinct genus of azhdarchoid pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Muwaqqar Formation of Jordan. The genus contains a single species, I.
Inabtanin
Genus of ornithocheirid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
(from Ancient Greek "ὄρνις", meaning bird, and "χεῖρ", meaning hand) is a pterosaur genus known from fragmentary fossil remains uncovered from sediments in
Ornithocheirus
Genus of thalassodromid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
Tupuxuara is a genus of thalassodromid pterosaur that lived during the Albian age of the Early Cretaceous, about 112 million years ago. Its remains were
Tupuxuara
Genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
Maaradactylus is a genus of anhanguerid pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Lower Cretaceous period (Aptian to Albian stages) of the Romualdo Formation
Maaradactylus
Genus of rhamphorhynchid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic
Scaphognathus was a pterosaur that lived around Germany during the Late Jurassic. It had a wingspan of 0.9 m (3 ft). The first known Scaphognathus specimen
Scaphognathus
Genus of istiodactylid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
Istiodactylus is a genus of pterosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 120 million years ago. The first fossil was discovered on the
Istiodactylus
Genus of anhanguerid pterosaur
Cearadactylus is an extinct genus of large anhanguerid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Albian age) Romualdo Formation of Brazil. The only known species
Cearadactylus
Geological formation in China
temperate, warm and humid. Beautifully preserved fossils of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, salamanders, insects, arachnids and other invertebrates, conifers, ginkgoes
Tiaojishan_Formation
Genus of nyctosaurid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Barbaridactylus is a nyctosaurid pterosaur from the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, a basin that dates back to the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous
Barbaridactylus
Extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaurs
Petrodactyle (meaning "stone finger") is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic Mörnsheim Formation (Solnhofen limestone) of Bavaria
Petrodactyle
Extinct genus of pterosaur
Eudimorphodon is an extinct genus of pterosaur that was discovered in 1973 by Mario Pandolfi in the town of Cene, Italy and described the same year by
Eudimorphodon
Genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
Ludodactylus (meaning "play finger") is a genus of anhanguerid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period (Aptian stage) of what is now the Crato
Ludodactylus
English broadcaster and natural historian (born 1926)
Sky 3D. Their first collaboration was Flying Monsters 3D, a film about pterosaurs which debuted on Christmas Day in 2010. A second film, The Penguin King
David_Attenborough
Genus of wukongopterid pterosaurs
Darwinopterus (meaning "Darwin's wing") is a genus of pterosaur, discovered in China and named after biologist Charles Darwin. Between 30 and 40 fossil
Darwinopterus
Genus of dsungaripterid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
dsungaripterid pterosaur which lived during the Early Cretaceous in what is now China and possibly South Korea. Its fossils come from the Wuerho Pterosaur Fauna
Dsungaripterus
Family of istiodactyliform pterosaurs
Istiodactylidae is a small family of pterosaurs. This family was named in 2001 after the type genus Istiodactylus was discovered not to be a member of
Istiodactylidae
Genus of pterosaur from the Late Triassic
(/səˌlɛstɪˈvɛntəs/ sə-LES-tih-VEN-təs, meaning "heavenly wind") is a pterosaur genus from the Late Triassic (latest Norian or Rhaetian) found in western
Caelestiventus
Extinct genus of pterosaur
Dimorphodon (/daɪˈmɔːrfədɒn/ dy-MOR-fə-don) is a genus of medium-sized pterosaur that lived in Europe during the early Jurassic Period (about 201-191 million
Dimorphodon
Genus of pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Alcione is a genus of pterosaur from the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, dating back to the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period. Only one
Alcione_elainus
Genus of thalassodromid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
Thalassodromeus is a genus of pterosaur that lived in what is now Brazil during the Early Cretaceous period, about a hundred million years ago. The original
Thalassodromeus
Genus of azhdarchid pterosaurs
Infernodrakon (meaning "dragon from hell") is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Montana, United States
Infernodrakon
Family of pteranodontian pterosaurs
The Pteranodontidae are a family of large pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of North America and possibly other continents including Europe and Africa
Pteranodontidae
Family of ctenochasmatoid pterosaurs
Ctenochasmatidae is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. They are characterized by their distinctive teeth, which are thought to
Ctenochasmatidae
Geologic formation in Xinjiang, China
siltstones" that is part of the larger Tugulu Group of China. Dinosaur and pterosaur remains have been recovered from the formation. The uppermost layers of
Shengjinkou_Formation
Genus of lonchodraconid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
on the lower jaw] dragon") is a genus of lonchodraconid pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of northeastern China
Ikrandraco
2010 French film
mummified Egyptian physician to save her comatose sister, all while a pterosaur terrorizes the city. Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche, and Jean-Paul
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (film)
The_Extraordinary_Adventures_of_Adèle_Blanc-Sec_(film)
Genus of anhanguerian pterosaurs
(meaning "sea phantom") is an extinct genus of anhanguerian pteranodontoid pterosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Toolebuc Formation (Eromanga Basin) of Australia
Haliskia
Genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period
+ Lat. draco "dragon") is an extinct genus of toothed pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, northeast China
Guidraco
Extinct genus of reptiles
Tendaguripterus was a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian to Tithonian-age Upper Jurassic Middle Saurian Beds (Tendaguru Formation)
Tendaguripterus
Genus of tapejarid pterosaur
Caiuajara is an extinct genus of tapejarid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period (Aptian to Albian stages) of Brazil. It is known from a single type
Caiuajara
Brazilian geologic formation
predator–prey relationships in this ecosystem. There are also fine examples of pterosaurs, reptiles and invertebrates, and crocodylomorphs. Even dinosaurs are represented
Romualdo_Formation
rhamphorhynchoids (long-tailed pterosaurs) and pterodactyloids (short-tailed pterosaurs). Since the 1970s and 80s, pterosaur finds have become more common
Paleobiota of the Morrison Formation
Paleobiota_of_the_Morrison_Formation
Genus of azhdarchid pterosaur
Thanatosdrakon is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur that lived during the Coniacian and Santonian ages of the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Argentina
Thanatosdrakon
Colony of breeding animals
Paleontological evidence points to the existence of rookery-like colonies in the pterosaur Pterodaustro. The term rookery was also borrowed as a name for dense slum
Rookery
Genus of ornithocheiran pterosaurs
Saratovia is a genus of targaryendraconian pterosaurs that lived during the Late Cretaceous in what is now Russia. The genus contains a single species
Saratovia
Ichnogenus of probable azhdarchid pterosaurs
Haenamichnus is an ichnogenus of probable azhdarchid pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of South Korea. The type and only ichnospecies is
Haenamichnus
Spinosaurid theropod dinosaur genus from the Early Cretaceous Period
skull of a giant basal pterosaur, or flying reptile, since the Chapada do Araripe region is famous for its copious pterosaur finds, and the German museum
Irritator
Genus of tapejarid pterosaur
Sinopterus (meaning "Chinese wing") is a genus of tapejarid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang,
Sinopterus
Genus of azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Zhejiangopterus is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur known from one species, which lived in China during the late Cretaceous Period. The genus was named
Zhejiangopterus
PTEROSAUR
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Girl/Female
Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Muslim, Pashtun, Sindhi
Blooming; Flourishing; Happy
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname denoting someone with very white hair or an exceptionally pale complexion, from Old English snÄw ‘snow’.Americanized and shortened form of any of the Jewish ornamental names composed with German Schnee, Schnei, Schneu ‘snow’ as the first element.
Boy/Male
Australian, Hebrew
Gift of the Lord
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord of the world, God of earth
Girl/Female
Greek
Glory.
Female
Italian
Italian and Spanish form of Latin Melaena, MELANIA means "black, dark."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Cousin.
Girl/Female
Biblical
A bush or thorn.
Male
Gaelic
Gaelic name derived from the word ciar, CIARDHA means "black, dark."
Girl/Female
Indian
Smooth, Soft ground, Fluent, Flowing style
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a.
Of or pertaining to the Pterosauria.
n. pl.
An extinct order of flying reptiles of the Mesozoic age; the pterodactyls; -- called also Pterodactyli, and Ornithosauria.
n.
An extinct flying reptile; one of the Pterosauria. See Illustration in Appendix.
n.
A pterodactyl.
n. pl.
Same as Pterosauria.
n. pl.
An order of extinct flying reptiles; -- called also Pterosauria.