English edit

Etymology edit

pterodactyl +‎ -ane

Noun edit

pterodactylane (plural pterodactylanes)

  1. (organic chemistry) A small, substituted ladderane supposed to have the form of a pterodactyl
    Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
    Such systems dwarf the pterodactylane 50 ...