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AETODACTYLUS
(ay-toe-dak-tyl-us)
meaning: "Eagle finger"
Named By: Myers in 2010
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 97 Ma
Location: USA, Texas - Tarrant Formation
Size: Uncertain due to incomplete fossil material
Diet: unavailable
Fossil(s): Almost complete mandible (lower jaw)
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Pterosauria | Pterodactyloidea | Ornithocheiroidea | Ornithocheiridae |
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Aetodactylus (meaning "eagle finger") is a genus of ornithocheirid pterodactyloid pterosaur. It is known from a lower jaw discovered in Upper Cretaceous rocks of northeastern Texas, United States.

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