What Size Was a Pterodactyl?

Pterodactyloid genera include Pterodactylus, a Late Jurassic form from Germany with a wingspan ranging from 50 cm (20 inches) to well over 1 metre (3.3 feet). It is likely that all fossils of Pterodactylus represent different stages of growth within a single species.

How big was a Pterodactyl compared to a human?

"These animals have 2.5- to three-meter-long (8.2- to 9.8-feet-long) heads, three-meter necks, torsos as large as an adult man and walking limbs that were 2.5 meters long," said paleontologist Mark Witton of the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom.

How big was an average Pterodactyl?

The Pterodactyl had a wingspan of roughly 19.5' (6 m) and a body length of 6' (1.83 m). The Pterodactyl had a wingspan of roughly 19.5' (6 m) and a body length of 6' (1.83 m).