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Pterodactyls are not scientifically classified as dinosaurs
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Reference material distinguishes pterodactyls (pterosaurs) from non-avian dinosaurs, establishing that they are scientifically classified as a separate group of flying reptiles.

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the Cretaceous Period, together with the non-avian dinosaurs and most marine reptiles. "Pterodactyl" is also a common term for pterodactyloid pterosaurs Pterodactyloidea (/ˌtɛrəˈdæktl̩ɔɪdɪːə/; derived from the Greek words πτερόν (pterón, for usual ptéryx) "wing", and δάκτυλος (dáktylos) "finger") is one of the two traditional suborders of pterosaurs ("wing lizards"), and contains the most derived members of this group of flying reptiles. They appeared during the middle Jurassic Period, and differ from the basal (though paraphyletic) rhamphorhynch Pterodactyloidea (/ˌtɛrəˈdæktl̩ɔɪdɪːə/; derived from the Greek words πτερόν (pterón, for usual ptéryx) "wing", and δάκτυλος (dáktylos) "finger") is one of the two traditional suborders of pterosaurs ("wing lizards"), and contains the most derived members of this group of flying reptiles. They appeared during the middle Jurassic Period, and differ from the basal (though paraphyletic) rhamphorhynchoids by their short tails and long wing metacarpals (hand bones). The most advanced forms also lack teeth, and by the late Cretaceous, all known pterodactyloids were toothless. Many species had well-developed crests on the skull, a form of display taken to extremes in giant-crested forms like Nyctosaurus and Tupandactylus. Pterodactyloids were the last surviving pterosaurs when the order became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous Period, together with the non-avian dinosaurs and most marine reptiles. "Pterodactyl" is also a common term for pterodactyloid pterosaurs, though it can also be used to refer to Pterodactylus specifically. Well-known examples of pterodactyloids include Pterodactylus, Pteranodon, and Quetzalcoatlus. In 2014, fossils from the Shishugou Formation of China were classified as the most basal pterodactyloid yet found, Kryptodrakon. At a minimum age of about 161 my, it is about 5 million years older than the oldest previously known confirmed specimens. Some later studies have found Kryptodrakon to be a non-pterodactyloid. Previously, a fossil jaw recovered from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) Stonesfield Slate formation was considered the oldest known, but further examination suggested it belonged to a teleosaurid instead of a pterosaur. In 2018 Michael O'Sullivan and David Martill described a partial synsacrum from the Stonesfield Slate identified as possibly pterodactyloid, though they noted it could also be a wukongopterid. If correctly identified, it would be the oldest pterodactyloid fossil known. In 2022 Martill and colleagues described a likely ctenochasmatid tooth, also from Stonesfield.
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