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Dermodactylus
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<p><i>Dermodactylus</i> (meaning "skin finger", from Greek <i>derma</i> and <i>daktylos</i>, in reference to <a href="/facts/Pterosaur/YNQwa1ru">pterosaur</a> wings being skin membranes supported by the <a href="/facts/Ring_finger/DY1PehDn">ring fingers</a>) was a <a href="/facts/Genus/m8EFjSms">genus</a> of <a href="/facts/Pterodactyloid/MMlRxJEP">pterodactyloid</a> (general term for "short-tailed" pterosaur) <a href="/facts/Pterosaur/YNQwa1ru">pterosaur</a> from the <a href="/facts/Kimmeridgian/rfTuYq4A">Kimmeridgian</a>-<a href="/facts/Tithonian/LbjgN2Yj">Tithonian</a>-age <a href="/facts/Upper_Jurassic/NzU9rlnL">Upper Jurassic</a> <a href="/facts/Morrison_Formation/N0SLjMe0">Morrison Formation</a> of <a href="/facts/Wyoming/kuKmWryL">Wyoming</a>, United States. It is <a href="/facts/Holotype/a8n9vhHa">based on</a> a single partial bone, from the hand. </p>