Genus: Propterodactylus SPINDLER, 2024
Etymology: Greek, pro-, "before" + Pterodactylus. The genus name referes to the informal designation as a pro-pterodactyloid in the literature, meaning a supposed forerunner of the iconic Pterodactylus and at the same time a forerunner of the Pterodactyloidea in general.

Species: frankerlae SPINDLER, 2024
Etymology: In honor of Petra Hahn, nee Frankerl (1966-2019), the wife of Stephan Hahn, who found the specimen in 2011 during the scientific excavation.

Holotype: DMA-JP-2011/006

Locality: Lower levels of the Rygol lime works quarry near Painten, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Torleite Formation.

Biostratigraphy: Uppermost Ulmense Subzone, index ammonite Lithoceras ulmense.

Age: End Kimmeridigian Stage, Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material: Skull and skeleton.

Note: Pathology on the fourth phalanx of the left wing with a healed bone fracture resulted in a crooked callus.