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