Was the Pterodactyl a Real Dinosaur?

These pterrific facts will help you answer the popular question of whether pterodactyls are dinosaurs! Pterodactyls, the common name for pterosaurs, are an extinct group of winged reptiles. ... Because they flew and their front limbs stretch out to the sides, they are not dinosaurs.

How many flying dinosaurs were there?

Even though scientists found and classified fossil remains of close to 1500 Pterosaurs, they estimate that there are hundreds or more, which are new species still left to be found.

Are flying dinosaurs real?

Pterodactyl is the common term for the winged reptiles properly called pterosaurs, which belong to the taxonomic order Pterosauria. ... Pterosaurs lived among the dinosaurs and became extinct around the same time, but they were not dinosaurs. Rather, pterosaurs were flying reptiles.