Ardeadactylus
| Ardeadactylus Temporal range: Late Jurassic, | |
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| SMNS 56603, the neotype | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Clade: | †Euctenochasmatia |
| Clade: | †Ctenochasmatoidea |
| Genus: | †Ardeadactylus Bennett, 2013 |
| Species: | †A. longicollum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ardeadactylus longicollum | |
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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. It contains a single species, Ardeadactylus longicollum, which was originally thought to be a species of Pterodactylus, as P. longicollum.