Pterodactyl is an informal term for pterosaurs, based on the genus of the first pterosaur known to science, Pterodactylus.
Pterodactyl may also refer to: Pterodactyl (film), a horror film Westland-Hill Pterodactyl, a series of experimental aircraft designs starting in the 1920s Chengdu Pterodactyl I, an unmanned aerial vehicle developed in the People's Republic of China Pterodactyl Ascender, a family of ultralight aircraft that were sold in kit form between 1979 and 1984
See also Pterodactylid, a pterosaur of the family Pterodactylidae Pterodactyloid, a pterosaur of the suborder Pterodactyloidea Pteranodon, a pterosaur often used as a basis for common depictions of "pterodactyls" in popular media Petrodactyle, a pterosaur named after a typographical error in an early description of Pterodactylus