Preondactylus
| Preondactylus Temporal range: Late Triassic, Carnian or Norian | |
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| Fossil cast | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Clade: | †Preondactylia |
| Genus: | †Preondactylus Wild, 1984 |
| Species: | †P. bufarinii |
| Binomial name | |
| †Preondactylus bufarinii Wild, 1984 | |
Preondactylus is a genus of long-tailed pterosaurs from the Late Triassic (Carnian-Norian or late Norian, about 217-214 million years ago) that inhabited what is now Italy. It contains a single known species, Preondactylus buffarinii, which was discovered by Nando Buffarini in 1982 at the Forni Dolostone near Udine in the Preone valley of the Italian Alps.