Pterodactylus

== Translingual == === Etymology === Coined by French naturalist Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1815, as a Latinization of French ptérodactyle. Since the original French term was coined by Georges Cuvier, the authority shows as Cuvier, 1809. === Proper noun === Pterodactylus A taxonomic genus within the order Pterosauria – pterodactyls. === References === Pterodactylus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Pterodactylus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Pterodactylus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons “Pterodactylus”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026