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An order of winged dinosaurs, "pterodactyl" means "winged finger" (or winged toe) which refers to the reptile's extremely long "fourth finger", which formed each wing. (the remaining three fingers were claws situated at the upper edge of the wings)

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What does the Pterodactylus name mean?

Wing finger


How do you spell pytaradacto?

The likely word is the flying reptile (pterosaur) named the pterodactyl.(Genus Pterodactylus)


What is a pterodactylus?

A flying dinosaur


Where did the Pterodactylus live?

In the sky.


What family is the Pterodactylus in?

Pterodactylidae


What is the size of the pterodactyl?

Pterodactylus isn't known from any adult specimens. However, based on the size and development levels of the many juvenile Pterodactylus that have been found, paleontologists estimate that Pterodactylus had a wingspan of about 5 feet. it has small bodies


Did the pterodactyl and the stegosaurus get along?

Pterodactylus and Stegosaurus probably mostly ignored each other. Pterodactylus was far too small to hunt Stegosaurus, and Stegosaurus eggs probably had a shell too thick for a Pterodactylus to break it.


How did a pterodactyl use its armor?

Pterodactylus had no armor whatsoever. In the case of an attack by a predator, Pterodactylus would have flown away to escape.


How big do pterodactyls grow?

Pterodactylus adults probably grew to have a wingspan of about 5 feet. No fossils of adult Pterodactylus have been discovered, so that size is an estimate made by paleontologists, based on the size and development level of the many juvenile Pterodactylus fossils that have been found.


What was a Pterodactylus?

A small flying Pterosaur.


Why did pterodactyl fight?

Pterodactylus was small and built for flight, so it wasn't designed with the kind of durability to fight. Perhaps they fought with other Pterodactylus, but there is no evidence that they fought with anything. If attacked, a Pterodactylus would just fly away, like a bird.


Why did pterodactyls migrate from what is now north America to Europe?

Pterodactylus never lived in North America. Pterodactylus fossils are only known from Europe and Africa.