Belongs to Pterodactylus according to K. A. v. Zittel 1890
See also Perrier 1928 and Swinton 1934
Sister taxa: Pterodactylus antiquus, Pterodactylus arningi, Pterodactylus brancai, Pterodactylus cirinensis, Pterodactylus dubius, Pterodactylus giganteus, Pterodactylus kochi, Pterodactylus lavateri, Pterodactylus longirostris, Pterodactylus maximus, Pterodactylus medius, Pterodactylus micronyx, Pterodactylus propinquus, Pterodactylus secundarius, Pterodactylus umbrosus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Eichstätt [Solnhofener Plattenkalk], which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofener Plattenkalk Formation of Germany
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution: found only at Eichstätt [Solnhofener Plattenkalk]
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