I disagree along with the sibling comments. While as it is apparent from the comments to this posts the misconception of pterosaurs/pterodactyls etc classificat

I disagree along with the sibling comments. While as it is apparent from the comments to this posts the misconception of pterosaurs/pterodactyls etc classification exists, there were never dinosaurs. I am guessing at some point, in certain parts or all around the world people start making the connection, it existed prior to humans, it must be a dinosaur (or you know they share a suffix). It is similar to a zebra and an alligator have four legs so they must be the same. The average Joe has a pretty distorted image of dinosaurs to begin with (e.g. raptors, T.Rex). Think it like this: assuming you try to discuss about digital storage with a grandparent or old relative. And they say that an SSD is a HDD (sorry late can't think of a better example). To them it makes no difference they save stuff at the end of the day or something like that so might as well be the same. To you they function, are designed and behave differently. So to you a pterosaur is a long dead species, so might as well classify it as a dinosaur. To people who spend a bit of time to familiarize themselves, it is like calling humans marsupials [0]. [0] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-a-pterosaur-is-not-a-dinosaur-87082921/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-a-pterosau...