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
= Pterodactylus scolopaciceps MEYER, 1850
Etymology:
= Rhamphorhynchus cf. scolopaciceps (MEYER,
1850) KLINGHARDT, 1937
Holotype: Bayer. Staatssammlung Munchen, BSP AS V 29
Locality: Eichstatt, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Solnhofen, Malm Zeta.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material: Skull and skeleton.
Referred material:
LYDEKKER 1888
BMNH 27359: Cast of type.
= Pterodactylus scolopaciceps BEYRICH
in ZITTEL, 1882 non MEYER, 1850
Etymology:
Palaont. Mus. der Humboldt Univ. (example 14 of WELLNHOFER, 1970).
Locality: Eichstatt, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Solnhofen, Malm Zeta.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material: Skull and skeleton.
= Pterodactylus kochi
= Pterodactylus scolopacieps BROILI, 1938 non MEYER, 1850
Bayer. Staatssammlung Munchen 1937 I 18 (example 21 of Wellnhofer, 1970).
Locality: Eichstatt, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Solnhofen, Malm Zeta.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material: Skull and skeleton.
Image inverted.
= Pterodactylus kochi 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.
Referred material:
= Pterodactylus kochi TISCHLINGER, 1993, FRICKHINGER, 1999
Locality: 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.
= Pterodactylus kochi 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., 1975/1756: Skull, and skeleton with impressions of the wings.
= Pterodactylus antiquus ABEL, 1925 non SÖMMERRING, 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. (example 20 of Wellnhofer, 1970).