After Bennett, 1996 and Jouve, 2004
†Pterodactylus Cuvier, 1809 Ornithocephalus Sömmerring, 1812 Pterodactylus Rafinesque, 1815 Germanodactylus Bennett, 1996 Ptenodracon Lydekker, 1888 Diopecephalus Seeley, 1871 †Pterodactylus antiquus (Sömmerring, 1812) Reptile volant Cuvier, 1801 Pterodactyle Cuvier, 1809 Ornithocephalus antiquus Sömmerring, 1812 [juveline] Pterodactylus longirostris Cuvier, 1819 Pterodactylus kochii Wagner, 1837 [juveline] Ornithocephalus kochii (Wagner) Pterodactylus meyeri Meyer, 1842 Pterodactylus scolopaciceps Meyer, 1850 non Pterodactylus longirostris Meyer, 1859 Pterodactylus spectabilis Meyer, 1861 Pterodactylus elegans Wagner; Zittel, 1882 non Pterodactylus kochi Wagler; Plieninger, 1901 non Pterodactylus antiquus (Soemmerring, 1812); Abel, 1925 Pterodactylus cormoratus Döderlein, 1929 non Pterodactylus antiquus Soemmerring, 1818; Huene, 1951 non Germanodactylus kochi (Wagler) Young, 1964 Pterodactylus Hölder & Steinhorst, 1964 non Diopecephalus kochi (Wagler) Kuhn, 1967 Pterodactylus sp. Frey & Tischlinger, 2000 [adult] Pterodactylus antiquus(Soemmerring) Jouve, 2004
Reference(s):
- Bennett, S. C., 1996: Year-classes of pterosaurs from the Solnhofen Limestone of Germany: Taxonomic and systematic implications.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 16, #3, pp. 432-444 - Bennett, S. C., 2012: New information on body size and cranial display structures of Pterodactylus antiquus, with a revision of the genus.
–Paläontologische Zeitschrift: in Press [doi: 10.1007/s12542-012-0159-8] - Jouve, S., 2004: Description ofthe skull of a Ctenochasma (Pterosauria) from the Late Jurassic of eastern France, with a taxonomic revision of European Tithonian Pterodactyloidea.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 24, #3, pp. 542-554