- pterosaur, flying reptile - extinct flying reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a birdlike beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb
--1 is a kind of archosaur, archosaurian, archosaurian reptile
--1 is a member of Pterosauria, order Pterosauria
--1 has particulars: pterodactyl