what is a pterodactyl dinosaur
Physical Description. Pterodactyl basically meant winged lizard. The term Dinosaurs refer to strictly to animals that walk on land, so technically the Pterodactyl is a mammal, but since it was a flying reptile during the time of dinosaurs it is good to understand the Pterodactyl.The wings were attached to the very long forth finger on each of its arms.hey were one of the only flying reptiles during the period of the dinosaurs. The wings of a pterodactyl are not like that of a bird. Pterodactyls had 4 fingers and three of them would end at about half of the wing.