- he
named the
animal Petro-
Dactyle, this was a
typographical error however, and was
later corrected by him to Ptéro-
Dactyle. He also re****ed a hypothesis...
-
Pterodactylus in its
initial description in 1809, "Ptero-
Dactyle",
which was
mistakenly printed as "Petro-
Dactyle" on the cover. The
specific name, "wellnhoferi"...
-
understanding it was an
extinct flying reptile. In 1809, he
coined the name Ptéro-
Dactyle, "wing-finger". This was in 1815
Latinised to Pterodactylus. At
first most...
- and a tool kit.
Blickensderfer typewriters were sold in
France under the
Dactyle name. The
machines were sold in
Canada by the
Creelman Brothers Company...
- oiseau, et dont nous
formons un
genre de Sauriens, sous le nom de Petro-
Dactyle".
Annales du Muséum
national d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 13: 424–437....
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fossil found in
Bavaria as a
small flying reptile,
which he
named the Ptero-
Dactyle in 1809, (later
Latinized as
Pterodactylus antiquus)—the
first known member...
- Author(s) Age Unit
Location Notes Images Pterodactylus Gen. nov.
Valid Rafinesque Tithonian Solnhofen limestone Germany
Latinization of "Ptéro-
Dactyle"...
- Ctenochasma.
Pteranodon Marsh 1876
Valid Late
Cretaceous N. America. Ptéro-
dactyle Cuvier 1809 N/A N/A
Renamed Pterodactylus.
Pterodactylus Rafinesque 1815...
-
reptile and that its "flippers" were wings. He
called the
creature the Ptero-
dactyle, a name
since revised to Pterodactylus.
Although Cuvier's interpretation...
