Named By: | Yang in 1964 |
Time Period: | Late Jurassic |
Location: | Germany. United Kingdom |
Size: | Up to 1.08 meter wingspan |
Diet: | unavailable |
Fossil(s): | 6 specimens |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Pterosauria | Pterodactyloidea | Dsungaripteroidea | Germanodactylidae | |
Also known as: | | Ornithocephalus rhamphastinus | Pterodactylus cristatus | |
Germanodactylus ("German finger") is a genus of dsungaripteroid pterodactyloid pterosaur from Late Jurassic-age rocks of Germany, including the Solnhofen limestone. Its specimens were long thought to pertain to Pterodactylus. Its head crest is a distinctive feature.