The geologically oldest specimen of Pterodactylus: a new exquisitely preserved skeleton from the Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) Plattenkalk deposits of Painten (Bavaria, Germany)

Pterodactylus from the uppermost Jurassic of southern Germany represents one of the most iconic pterosaurs, due to its status of being the first member of the Pterosauria to have been described and named. During the early phase of pterosaur research, Pterodactylus was a wastebasket taxon containing...

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Published in:Fossil Record
Main Authors: Felix J. Augustin, Panagiotis Kampouridis, Josephina Hartung, Raimund Albersdörfer, Andreas T. Matzke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2022-11-01
Online Access:https://fr.pensoft.net/article/90692/download/pdf/