The geologically oldest specimen of Pterodactylus: a new exquisitely preserved skeleton from the Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) Plattenkalk deposits of Painten (Bavaria, Germany)
Felix J. Augustin, Panagiotis Kampouridis, Josephina Hartung, Raimund Albersdörfer, Andreas T. Matzke
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"One of the most common misnomers is the use of the name "pterodactyl" to describe all flying reptiles, frequently used in non-scientific literature. Such an animal does not actually exist in paleontological science. The name pterodactyl is often used to incorrectly describe either a Pterodactylus or Pteranodon, two different genera of pterosaur." - EBSO
"The creature was appropriately called Ptero-Dactyle (meaning ‘wing finger’) by Baron Cuvier, the great French anatomist, in 1809. It was the first described species of a new group of extinct animal, often colloquially known as the pterodactyls, but in scientific parlance they are called ‘pterosaurs’." - Current Biology Magazine