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What is a pterodactyl?

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... pterosaur [Gr.,?=?winged lizard], extinct flying reptile (commonly called pterodactyl [Gr.,?=?wing finger]) of the order Pterosauria, common in the late Triassic and Cretaceous periods, from approximately 228 to 65 million years ago.

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