''Ptenodactylus'' is a scientific name which has been used for several distinct

genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...

of animals. It may refer to: * ''Ptenodactylus'' (Gray, 1845): A junior synonym of the lizard genus ''

Pristidactylus ''Pristidactylus'' is a genus of lizards from Chile and Argentina. Species ''Pristidactylus'' contains ten recognized species: *'' Pristidactylus achalensis'' (Gallardo, 1964) - Argentine anole *'' Pristidactylus alvaroi'' ( Donoso-Barros, 1975) ...

'' * "''Ptenodactylus''" (Seeley, 1869): A ''

nomen nudum In taxonomy, a ''nomen nudum'' ('naked name'; plural ''nomina nuda'') is a designation which looks exactly like a scientific name of an organism, and may have originally been intended to be one, but it has not been published with an adequate descr ...

'' which in the 19th century was used to refer to at least 21 species of pterosaur including: ** ''"Ptenodactylus" brachyrhinus'': A synonym of '' Ornithocheirus brachyrhinus'' (''nomen dubium'') ** ''"Ptenodactylus" capito'': A synonym of '' Ornithocheirus capito'' ** ''"Ptenodactylus" colorhinus'': A synonym of ''

Camposipterus colorhinus ''Camposipterus'' is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of England. Fossil remains of ''Camposipterus'' dated back to the Early Cretaceous, about 112 million years ago. Discovery and naming In 1869, Harry Govier Seel ...

''. ** ''"Ptenodactylus" crassidens'': A synonym of '' Ornithocheirus crassidens''. (''nomen dubium'') ** ''"Ptenodactylus" cuvieri'': A synonym of ''

Cimoliopterus cuvieri ''Cimoliopterus'' is a genus of pterosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous in what is now England and the United States. The first known specimen, consisting of the front part of a snout including part of a crest, was discovered in the G ...

''. ** ''"Ptenodactylus" dentatus'': A synonym of '' Ornithocheirus dentatus''. (''nomen dubium'') ** ''"Ptenodactylus" enchorhynchus'': A synonym of '' Ornithocheirus enchorhynchus'' (''nomen dubium'') ** ''"Ptenodactylus" eurygnathus'': A synonym of '' Ornithocheirus eurygnathus''. (''nomen dubium'') ** ''"Ptenodactylus" fittoni'': A synonym of '' Pterodactylus fittoni'' (''nomen dubium'') ** ''"Ptenodactylus" machaerorhynchus'': A synonym of '' Lonchodraco machaerorhynchus'' ** "Ptenodactylus macrorhinus": A ''

'' ** ''"Ptenodactylus" microdon'': A synonym of '' Lonchodraco microdon'' ** ''"Ptenodactylus" nasutus'': A synonym of ''

Camposipterus nasutus ''Camposipterus'' is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of England. Fossil remains of ''Camposipterus'' dated back to the Early Cretaceous, about 112 million years ago. Discovery and naming In 1869, Harry Govier ...

'' ** ''"Ptenodactylus" oweni'': A synonym of '' Lonchodraco microdon'' ** ''"Ptenodactylus" oxyrhinus'': A synonym of '' Ornithocheirus oxyrhinus'' (''nomen dubium'') ** ''"Ptenodactylus" platystomus'': A synonym of '' Ornithocheirus platystomus''. ** ''"Ptenodactylus" polyodon'': A synonym of '' Ornithocheirus polyodon'' ** ''"Ptenodactylus" scaphorhynchus'': A synonym of '' Ornithocheirus scaphorhynchus''. (''nomen dubium'') ** ''"Ptenodactylus" sedgwicki'': A synonym of ''

Camposipterus sedgwickii ''Aerodraco'' (meaning "air dragon") is a genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Albian–Cenomanian-age Cambridge Greensand of England. It contains only one species, ''Aerodraco sedgwickii''. It was originally assigned to the genus ''Pterodacty ...

''. ** ''"Ptenodactylus" tenuirostris'': A synonym of '' Ornithocheirus tenuirostris'' (''nomen dubium'') ** ''"Ptenodactylus" woodwardi'': A synonym of '' Pterodactylus woodwardi'' (''nomen dubium'')

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