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Definition of Pterodactylidae
1. Noun. A reptile family in the order Pterosauria.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Family
Group relationships: Order Pterosauria, Pterosauria
Member holonyms: Genus Pterodactylus, Pterodactylus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pterodactylidae
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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