Pterodactyl is an informal term for pterosaurs, based on the genus of the first pterosaur known to science, Pterodactylus antiquus.

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Pterodactyl may also refer to:

• Pterodactyl (film), a horror film
• Westland-Hill Pterodactyl, a series of experimental aircraft designs starting in the 1920s
• Chengdu Pterodactyl I, an unmanned aerial vehicle developed in the People's Republic of China
• Pterodactyl Ascender, a family of ultralight aircraft that were sold in kit form between 1979 and 1984

• Pterodactylid, a pterosaur of the family Pterodactylidae
• Pterodactyloid, a pterosaur of the suborder Pterodactyloidea
• Pterosaur, an archosaur of the order Pterosauria
• Pteranodon, a pterosaur often used as a basis for common depictions of "pterodactyls" in popular media
• Petrodactyle, a pterosaur named after a typographical error in an early description of Pterodactylus

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