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Ardeadactylus
Ardeadactylus
Era: JurassicDiet: PiscivorousPeriod: Late Jurassic
Ardeadactylus (from Ardea – meaning "heron", and also a name of a genus of herons – and dactylus, meaning "finger") is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatoid pterosaur known from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen limestone of Bavaria, southern Germany