Editing Pterodactylus (section)

===List of species===
During its over-200-year history, the various species of ''Pterodactylus'' have gone through a number of changes in classification and thus have acquired a large number of synonyms. Additionally, a number of species assigned to ''Pterodactylus'' are based on poor remains that have proven difficult to assign to one species or another and are therefore considered {{lang|la|nomina dubia}} ({{lit|doubtful names}}). The following list includes names that were used to identify new pterosaur species that now have been reclassified, or until recently thought to be pertaining to ''Pterodactylus'' proper, and names based on other material that has as yet not been assigned to other genera. This list also includes species that are {{lang|la|[[nomina nuda]]}} ('naked names'), which are species that were not published formally. Species that are {{lang|la|[[nomina oblita]]}} ('forgotten names') are the ones that have been disused, and species that are {{lang|la|[[nomina rejecta]]}} ('rejected names') are the ones that have been rejected because a more preferable name had been accepted instead.<ref name=Lydekker /><ref>{{cite book |first=Caroline |last=Arnold |title=Pterosaurs: Rulers of the Skies in the Dinosaur Age |year=2014 |publisher=StarWalk Kids Media |isbn=978-1-63083-412-8}}</ref>
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! Name
! Author
! Year
! Status
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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|''Pterodactylus antiquus''
|([[Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring|Sömmerring]])
|(1812)
|Valid
|Designated as the [[type species]] of ''Pterodactylus'', and replacing ''Ornithocephalus antiquus'' due to being an obsolete name
|-
|''Pterodactylus "suevicus"''
|Oken
|1816<ref>{{Cite book |last=Oken |first=Lorenz |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/276843 |title=Okens Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte |date=1816 |publisher=August Schmid und Comp. |volume=3 |location=Leipzig |pages=312–314}}</ref>
|''[[Nomen nudum]]''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus brevirostris''
|(Sömmerring)
|(1817)
|Synonym of ''[[Ctenochasma elegans]]''
|Reclassified from ''Ornithocephalus brevirostris''
|-
|''Pterodactylus giganteus''
|(Oken)
|(1819)
|''[[Nomen dubium]]''
|Synonym of ''[[Rhamphorhynchus muensteri]]''; reclassified from ''Ornithocephalus giganteus''
|-
|''Pterodactylus longirostris''
|[[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]]
|1819
|Synonym of ''Pterodactylus antiquus''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus grandis''
|Cuvier
|1824
|''Nomen dubium''
|Synonym of ''Rhamphorhynchus muensteri''
|-
|''Pterodactylus crocodilocephaloides''
|Ritgen
|1826
|Synonym of ''Pterodactylus antiquus''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus nettecephaloides''
|Ritgen
|1826
|''[[Nomen oblitum]]''
|Synonym of ''[[Aurorazhdarcho micronyx]]''
|-
|''Pterodactylus macronyx''
|[[William Buckland|Buckland]]
|1829
|Reclassified as ''[[Dimorphodon macronyx]]''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus (Rhamphorhynchus) macronyx''
|(Buckland)
|(1829)
|Synonym of ''Dimorphodon macronyx''
|Reclassified from ''Dimorphodon macronyx''
|-
|''Pterodactylus banthensis''
|(Theodori)
|(1830)
|Reclassified as ''[[Dorygnathus banthensis]]''
|Reclassified from ''Ornithocephalus banthensis''
|-
|''Pterodactylus (Rhamphorhynchus) (ensirostris) banthensis''
|(Theodori)
|(1830)
|''Nomen oblitum''
|Synonym of ''Dorygnathus banthensis''
|-
|''Pterodactylus goldfussi''
|Theodori
|1830
|Synonym of ''Dorygnathus banthensis''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus crassirostris''
|[[Georg August Goldfuss|Goldfuss]]
|1831
|Reclassified as ''[[Scaphognathus crassirostris]]''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus macronyx''
|[[Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer|Meyer]] ''non'' Buckland
|1831 ''non'' 1829
|Synonym of ''Dorygnathus banthensis''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus medius''
|[[Georg zu Münster|Münster]]
|1831
|''Nomen dubium''
|Synonym of ''[[Altmuehlopterus rhamphastinus]]''
|-
|''Pterodactylus muensteri''
|(Goldfuss)
|(1831)
|Synonym of ''Rhamphorhynchus muensteri''
|Reclassified from ''Ornithocephalus muensteri''
|-
|''Pterodactylus (Rhamphorhynchus) muensteri''
|(Goldfuss)
|(1831)
|Synonym of ''Rhamphorhynchus muensteri''
|Reclassified from ''Pterodactylus muensteri''
|-
|''Pterodactylus bucklandi''
|Meyer
|1832
|Indeterminate [[Rhamphorhynchidae|rhamphorhynchine]]
|Once assigned to the genus ''[[Rhamphocephalus]]''
|-
|''Pterodactylus longipes''
|Münster
|1836
|Synonym of ''[[Ardeadactylus longicollum]]''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus kochi''
|Wagner
|1837
|Reclassified as ''[[Diopecephalus kochi]]''
|Reclassified from ''Ornithocephalus kochi''; possible synonym of ''Pterodactylus antiquus'' (Bennett, 2013 <ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Vidovic|first1=Steven U. |last2=Martill|first2=David M.  |date=22 October 2014
|title=Pterodactylus scolopaciceps Meyer, 1860 (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Upper Jurassic of Bavaria, Germany: The Problem of Cryptic Pterosaur Taxa in Early Ontogeny|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=9|issue=10|pages=e110646|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0110646|doi-access=free |pmid=25337830 |pmc=4206445 |bibcode=2014PLoSO...9k0646V }}</ref>) 
|-
|''Pterodactylus lavateri''
|Meyer
|1838
|Synonym of ''Rhamphorhynchus muensteri''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus (Ornithopterus) lavateri''
|(Meyer)
|(1838)
|Synonym of ''Rhamphorhynchus muensteri''
|Reclassified from ''Pterodactylus lavateri''
|-
|''Pterodactylus longicaudus''
|Münster
|1839
|Reclassified as ''Rhamphorhynchus longicaudus''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus meyeri''
|Münster
|1842
|Synonym of ''Diopecephalus kochi''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus secundarius''
|Meyer
|1843
|''Nomen dubium''
|Synonym of ''Rhamphorhynchus muensteri''
|-
|''Pterodactylus cliftii''
|Mantell
|1844
|Synonym of ''[[Palaeornis cliftii]]''
|Reclassified from ''Palaeornis cliftii''
|-
|''Pterodactylus diomedeus''
|([[Richard Owen|Owen]])
|(1846)
|Synonym of ''[[Cimoliornis diomedeus]]''
|Reclassified from ''Cimoliornis diomedeus''
|-
|''Pterodactylus gemmingi''
|Meyer
|1846
|Synonym of ''Rhamphorhynchus muensteri''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus (Rhamphorhynchus) gemmingi''
|(Meyer)
|(1846)
|Synonym of ''Rhamphorhynchus muensteri''
|Reclassified from ''Pterodactylus gemmingi''
|-
|''Pterodactylus giganteus''
|[[James Scott Bowerbank|Bowerbank]] ''non'' Oken
|1846 ''non'' 1819
|Reclassified as ''[[Lonchodraco giganteus]]''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus ornis''
|[[Christoph Gottfried Andreas Giebel|Giebel]]
|1847
|Synonym of ''Palaeornis cliftii''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus conirostris''
|Owen
|1850
|Synonym of ''Lonchodraco giganteus''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus cuvieri''
|Bowerbank
|1851
|Reclassified as ''[[Cimoliopterus cuvieri]]''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus compressirostris''
|Owen
|1851
|Reclassified as ''[[Lonchodectes compressirostris]]''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus redenbacheri''
|(Wagner)
|(1851)
|Synonym of ''Aurorazhdarcho micronyx''
|Reclassified from ''Ornithocephalus redenbacheri''
|-
|''Pterodactylus rhamphastinus''
|(Wagner)
|(1851)
|Reclassified as ''Altmuehlopterus rhamphastinus''
|Reclassified from ''Ornithocephalus rhamphastinus''
|-
|''Pterodactylus giganteus''
|Morris ''non'' Oken ''non'' Bowerbank
|1854 ''non'' 1819 ''non'' 1846
|Synonym of ''Cimoliornis diomedeus''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus longicollum''
|Meyer
|1854
|Reclassified as ''Ardeadactylus longicollum''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus wuerttembergicus''
|[[Friedrich August Quenstedt|Quenstedt]]
|1854
|''Nomen oblitum''
|Synonym of ''[[Cycnorhamphus suevicus]]''
|-
|''Pterodactylus suevicus''
|Quenstedt
|1855
|Reclassified as ''Cycnorhamphus suevicus''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus micronyx''
|Meyer
|1856
|Reclassified as ''Aurorazhdarcho micronyx''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus crassipes''
|Meyer
|1857
|''[[Nomen rejectum]]''
|Reclassified as ''[[Ostromia crassipes]]''
|-
|''Pterodactylus (Rhamphorhynchus) crassipes''
|(Meyer)
|(1857)
|''Nomen rejectum''
|Synonym of ''Ostromia crassipes''; reclassified from ''Pterodactylus crassipes''
|-
|''Pterodactylus eurychirus''
|Wagner
|1857
|Synonym of ''Cycnorhamphus suevicus''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus (Ornithocephalus) eurychirus''
|(Wagner)
|(1857)
|Synonym of ''Cycnorhamphus suevicus''
|Reclassified from ''Pterodactylus eurychirus''
|-
|''Pterodactylus suevicus eurychirus''
|(Wagner)
|(1857)
|Synonym of ''Cycnorhamphus suevicus''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus hirundinaceus''
|Wagner
|1857
|Synonym of ''Rhamphorhynchus muensteri''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus (Rhamphorhynchus) hirundinaceus''
|Wagner
|1857
|Synonym of ''Rhamphorhynchus muensteri''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus (Ornithocephalus) propinquus''
|Wagner
|1857
|''Nomen dubium''
|Possible synonym of ''Altmuehlopterus rhamphastinus''
|-
|''Pterodactylus propinquus''
|(Wagner)
|(1857)
|''Nomen dubium''
|Reclassified from ''Pterodactylus (Ornithocephalus) propinquus''; possible synonym of ''Altmuehlopterus rhamphastinus''
|-
|''Pterodactylus propinquus medius''
|Wagner
|1857
|''Nomen dubium''
|Synonym of ''Altmuehlopterus rhamphastinus''
|-
|''Pterodactylus (Ornithocephalus) vulturinus''
|Wagner
|1857
|Synonym of ''Ardeadactylus longicollum''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus vulturinus''
|(Wagner)
|(1857)
|Synonym of ''Ardeadactylus longicollum''
|Reclassified from ''Pterodactylus (Ornithocephalus) vulturinus''
|-
|''Pterodactylus liasicus''
|Quenstedt
|1858
|Reclassified as ''[[Campylognathoides liasicus]]''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus fittoni''
|Owen
|1859
|''Nomen dubium''
|Reclassified as either ''[[Ornithocheirus]] fittoni'' or ''[[Anhanguera (pterosaur)|Anhanguera]] fittoni''; possible synonym of ''Cimoliopterus cuvieri''
|-
|''Pterodactylus sedgwickii''
|Owen
|1859
|Reclassified as ''[[Camposipterus sedgwickii]]''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus silvestris''
|Owen
|1859
|Synonym of ''Palaeornis cliftii''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus cerinensis''
|Meyer
|1860
|''Nomen dubium''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus grandipelvis''
|Meyer
|1860
|''Nomen dubium''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus scolopaciceps''
|Meyer
|1860
|Reclassified as ''[[Aerodactylus scolopaciceps]]''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus elegans''
|Wagner
|1861
|Reclassified as ''Ctenochasma elegans''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus pulchellus''
|Meyer
|1861
|Synonym of ''Aurorazhdarcho micronyx''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus simus''
|Owen
|1861
|Reclassified as ''Ornithocheirus simus''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus spectabilis''
|Meyer
|1861
|Synonym of ''Pterodactylus antiquus''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus woodwardi''
|Owen
|1861
|''Nomen dubium''
|Reclassified as ''Ornithocheirus woodwardi''
|-
|''Pterodactylus hopkinsi''
|[[Harry Govier Seeley|Seeley]]
|1864
|''[[Nomen nudum]]''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus oweni''
|Seeley
|1864
|Synonym of ''[[Ikrandraco machaerorhynchus]]''
|Not to be confused with the preoccupied species ''"Pterodactylus oweni"
|-
|''Pterodactylus longispinis''
|[[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]]
|1866
|Reclassified as ''[[Rhabdopelix longispinis]]''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus macrurus''
|Seeley
|1869
|Reclassified as ''[[Gnathosaurus macrurus]]''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus nobilis''
|Owen
|1869
|''Nomen dubium''
|Reclassified as ''Ornithocheirus nobilis''
|-
|''Pterodactylus curtus''
|Owen
|1870
|''Nomen dubium''
|Reclassified as ''Ornithocheirus curtus''
|-
|''"Pterodactylus oweni"''
|[[Othniel Marsh|Marsh]]
|1871
|Preoccupied
|Reassigned as ''Pterodactylus occidentalis'' prior to being preoccupied
|-
|''Pterodactylus ingens''
|Marsh
|1872
|Synonym of ''[[Pteranodon longiceps]]''
|Reclassified as ''Pteranodon ingens''
|-
|''Pterodactylus occidentalis''
|Marsh
|1872
|''Nomen dubium''
|Reclassified from the preoccupied species ''"Pterodactylus oweni"''; reclassified as ''Pteranodon occidentalis''
|-
|''Pterodactylus velox''
|Marsh
|1872
|''Nomen dubium''
|Reclassified as ''Pteranodon velox''
|-
|''Pterodactylus suprajurensis''
|Sauvage
|1873
|''Nomen dubium''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus aclandi''
|Owen
|1874
|''Nomen dubium''
|Possible synonym of ''Rhamphocephalus depressirostris''
|-
|''Pterodactylus daviesii''
|Owen
|1874
|''Nomen dubium''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus duncani''
|Owen
|1874
|''Nomen dubium''
|Possible synonym of ''Rhamphocephalus bucklandi''
|-
|''Pterodactylus kiddii''
|Owen
|1874
|''Nomen dubium''
|Possible synonym of ''Rhamphocephalus bucklandi''
|-
|''Pterodactylus manseli''
|Owen
|1874
|''Nomen dubium''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus marderi''
|Owen
|1874
|Synonym of ''Dimorphodon macronyx''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus pleydelli''
|Owen
|1874
|''Nomen dubium''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus sagittirostris''
|Owen
|1874
|Reclassified as ''[[Serradraco sagittirostris]]''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus umbrosus''
|Cope
|1874
|''Nomen dubium''
|Reclassified from ''[[Ornithochirus umbrosus]]''
|-
|''Pterodactylus validus''
|Owen
|1875
|Reclassified as ''[[Doratorhynchus validus]]''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus montanus''
|Marsh
|1878
|Reclassified as ''[[Dermodactylus montanus]]''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus suevicus''
|[[Oscar Fraas|Fraas]] ''non'' Quenstedt
|1878 ''non'' 1855
|Synonym of ''Ardeadactylus longicollum''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus fraasi''
|(Seeley)
|(1901)
|Synonym of ''Ardeadactylus longicollum''
|Reclassified from. ''Cycnorhamphus fraasi''
|-
|''Pterodactylus cristatus''
|[[Carl Wiman|Wiman]]
|1925
|Reclassified as ''[[Germanodactylus cristatus]]''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus westmani''
|Wiman
|1925
|Synonym of ''Pterodactylus antiquus''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus cormoranus''
|Döderlein
|1929
|Synonym of ''Pterodactylus antiquus''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus arningi''
|[[Hans Reck|Reck]]
|1931
|''Nomen dubium''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus brancai''
|Reck
|1931
|''Nomen dubium''
|Reclassified as ''[[Dsungaripterus brancai]]''
|-
|''Pterodactylus maximus''
|Reck
|1931
|''Nomen dubium''
|
|-
|''Pterodactylus raptor''
|Owen ''vide'' Ingles & Sawyer
|1979
|''Nomen nudum''
|
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|}
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