In Depth
The holotype specimen of Bergamodactylus was first described as a juvenile of the genus Eudimorphodon in 1978. A new study published in 2015 by Kellner revealed that this specimen was actually different enough from Eudimorphodon to warrant its own genus, hence the creation of Bergamodactylus. With a wingspan estimate of the holotype at about forty-six and a half centimetres, Bergamodactylus was small for a pterosaur, though the holotype individual was of a sub adult, so older full adults were possibly a little bit larger. At the time of writing Bergamodactylus is classed within the Campylognathoididae group of pterosaurs, and the genus holds a noted similarity to another pterosaur genus called Carniadactylus, though there is no question about the genera being separate.
Further Reading
- Die Flugsaurier (Reptilia, Pterosauria) aus der Oberen Trias von Cene bei Bergamo, Italien. - Bolletino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana, 17 (2): 176-256. - R. Wild - 1978. - 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. – Comments on Triassic pterosaurs with a commentary on the ‘ontogenetic stages’ of kellner (2015) and the validity of bergamodactylus wildi. – Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia (Research in Paleontology and Stratigraphy). – Fabio M. Dalla Vecchia – 2018.
