Plesiosaurus, and Pterodactylus were the aristocrats of the animal world. From Wordnik.com. [Tropic Days] Reference
Pterodactylus kochi by John Conway, in a more recent free-legged configuration. From Wordnik.com. [Life's Time Capsule: Pterosaur Restorations!] Reference
Pterodactylus, (Figure 3,) another of the Saurian tribe, associated, however, with Birds by some naturalists, on account of its large wing-like appendages. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863] Reference
A very early engraving of Rhamphorhynchus from the Victorian Era I can't remember who the artist was, and it's very outdated today - but this was a very popular image in its time - though ironically the head is more like Pterodactylus. From Wordnik.com. [Life's Time Capsule: Pterosaur Restorations!] Reference
Pterodactylus, that a real flying dragon, on the model of Carlo. From Wordnik.com. [Literary and General Lectures and Essays] Reference
Pterodactylus kochi (Wagner) from the Upper Jurassic of Germany. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Pterodactylus, Pterodaustro, Lacusovagus and Pteranodon illustrations. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
The best of modern prizes may be puny in comparison with those which caused distress to the giant molluscs of the age when the Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, and Pterodactylus were the aristocrats of the animal world. From Wordnik.com. [Tropic Days] Reference
In the fossil specimen of the Pterodactylus crassirostris, which, as well as the loonger known P. longirostris (Ornithocephalus of Sommering), was found at Solenhofen, in the lithographic slate of the upper Jura formation. From Wordnik.com. [COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1] Reference
But, notwithstanding this difference, the hand of the Pterodactylus is constructed like that of an aquatic swimming marine Reptile; and I believe, that, if we represent it with its long neck stretched upon the water, its large head furnished with powerful, well-armed jaws, ready to dive after the innumerable smaller animals living in the same ocean, we shall have a more natural picture of its habits than if we consider it as a flying animal, which it is generally supposed to have been. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863] Reference
Yes, you heard me - Pterodactylus. From Wordnik.com. [Life's Time Capsule: Pterosaur Restorations!] Reference
If Little Miss had been named Gamera, I’d be buying every Dino Baby variation… Tyrannosaurus rex, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Pterodactylus and Apatosaurus. From Wordnik.com. [Unusual Plush Doll Roundup, Vol. 1 | Thingamababy] Reference
Pterodactylus crassirostris, 108 65. From Wordnik.com. [The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed] Reference
David Peters' Pterodactylus. From Wordnik.com. [Life's Time Capsule: Pterosaur Restorations!] Reference
1, Preondactylus; 2, Dimorphodontidae; 3, Anurognathidae; 4, Campylognathoididae; 5, Scaphognathinae; 6, Rham- phorhynchinae; 7, Darwinopterus; 8, Boreopterus; 9, Istiodactylidae; 10, Ornithocheiridae; 11, Pteranodon; 12, Nyctosauridae; 13, Pterodactylus; 14, Cycnorhamphus; 15, Ctenochasmatinae; 16, Gnathosaurinae; 17, Germanodactylus; 18, Dsungaripteridae; 19, Lonchodectes; 20, Tapejaridae; 21, Chaoyangopteridae; 22, Thalassodromidae; 23, Azhdarchidae. From Wordnik.com. [Darwinopterus and mosaic, modular evolution - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
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