Arcticodactylus
Name:
Arcticodactylus
(Arctic finger).
Phonetic: Arc-tik-o-dak-te-luss.
Named By: A. W. A. Kellner - 2015.
Synonyms: Eudimorphodon cromptonellus.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Pterosauria.
Species: A. cromptonellus
(type).
Diet: Piscivore?
Size: Wingspan estimated at 24 centimetres
across.
Known locations: Greenland - Fleming Fjord
Formation.
Time period: Norian to Rhaetian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Skull and partial post
cranial skeleton.
Originally named as a species of Eudimorphodon, Arcticodactylus is a genus of small pterosaur that was flying in the skies above Greenland during the late Triassic. Back when Arcticodactylus lived, Greenland was much warmer that what it is today.
Further reading
- Comments on Triassic pterosaurs with discussion about ontogeny and
description of new taxa. - Anais da Academia Brasileira de
Ci�ncias 87(2):669-689. - A. W. A. Kellner - 2015.
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