Mesadactylus

Mesadactylus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: †Pterosauria
Family: †Anurognathidae
Genus: †Mesadactylus
Jensen & Padian, 1989
Species:
†M. ornithosphyos
Binomial name
†Mesadactylus ornithosphyos
Jensen & Padian, 1989

Mesadactylus ('mesa finger') is an extinct genus of pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian-Tithonian-age Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Colorado, United States. The genus was named in 1989 by James Jensen and Kevin Padian. The type species is Mesadactylus ornithosphyos.

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