Definition of Pterodactylidae

1. Noun. A reptile family in the order Pterosauria.

Exact synonyms: Family Pterodactylidae
Generic synonyms: Reptile Family
Group relationships: Order Pterosauria, Pterosauria
Member holonyms: Genus Pterodactylus, Pterodactylus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pterodactylidae

Pternohyla fodiens
Pterocarpus
Pterocarpus angolensis
Pterocarpus indicus
Pterocarpus macrocarpus
Pterocarpus marsupium
Pterocarpus santalinus
Pterocarya
Pterocarya fraxinifolia
Pterocles
Pterocles alchata
Pterocles indicus
Pteroclididae
Pterocnemia
Pterocnemia pennata
Pterodactylidae (current term)
Pterodactylus
Pterois
Pteropogon humboltianum
Pteropsida
Pteropus
Pteropus capestratus
Pteropus hypomelanus
Pterosauria
Pterostylis
Ptilocercus
Ptilocrinus
Ptilonorhynchidae

Literary usage of Pterodactylidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fieldiana: Geology by Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Natural History Museum (1907)
"Tail short; wing metacarpal, at least as long as the bones of the antebrachium; fifth digit of pes vestigial, without phalanges. Family Pterodactylidae. ..."

2. Text-book of Paleontology by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1902)
"This sub-order probably includes all known forms of Cretaceous Pterosaurs. Family 1. Pterodactylidae. Skull with very small lateral temporal vacuities, ..."

3. An Introduction to Geology, and Its Associate Sciences: Mineralogy, Fossil by George Fleming Richardson (1855)
"... with cetacean types of structure, the Pterodactylidae are no less so, for the singular affinities they establish between birds, bats, and lizards. ..."

4. Geological Series by Field Columbian Museum, Field Museum of Natural History (1907)
"Tail short; wing metacarpal, at least as long as the bones of the antebrachium; fifth digit of pes vestigial, without phalanges. Family Pterodactylidae. ..."

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