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No.142· Kanto, GEN I
Fossil Pokémon

Aerodactyl

RockFlying
Japaneseプテラputera
Chinese (Simplified):化石翼龙huà shí yì lóngKorean:프테라peutera9 languages
HEIGHT1.8 m
WEIGHT59.0 kg
CATCH045 / 255
ABILITIESRock Head · Pressure · Unnerve*

Forms

2

Mega Evolutions

Base stats

Total515
HP080
ATTACK105
DEFENSE065
SP. ATK060
SP. DEF075
SPEED130
Natures →Stat rankings →

Weaknesses and type matchups

Aerodactyl is weak to Water, Electric, Ice, Rock, and Steel moves. Ground moves have no effect on it.

×2
WATERELECTRICICEROCKSTEEL
×½
NORMALFIREPOISONFLYINGBUG
×0
GROUNDimmune
×1
GRASSFIGHTINGPSYCHICGHOSTDRAGONDARKFAIRY
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Pokédex entry

18 versions

This is a ferocious Pokémon from ancient times. Apparently even modern technology is incapable of producing a perfectly restored specimen.

Aerodactyl in Japanese, Chinese, Korean and other languages

9 languages
Japanese
プテラputera
Chinese (Simplified)
化石翼龙huà shí yì lóng
Korean
프테라peutera
Chinese (Traditional)
化石翼龍huà shí yì lóng
French
Ptéra
German
Aerodactyl
Spanish
Aerodactyl
Italian
Aerodactyl
English
Aerodactyl
All 1,025 Pokémon names in 9 languages

What Aerodactyl’s name means

pteranodon in 2 languages

2 languages build the name from pteranodon.

  1. Japanese

    プテラputera

    プテラノドンputeranodonpteranodon

  2. French

    Ptéra

    ptéranodonpteranodon

In the other languages

  1. English

    Aerodactyl

    aero

    pterodactyl

  2. Chinese

    化石翼龙化石翼龍huà shí yì lóng

    化石huàshífossil

    翼龙翼龍yìlóngpterosaur

This spells out the Japanese name by sound

  • 프테라peutera

German, Spanish, and Italian use the English name. Pokémon names are never officially explained. These are the readings most widely agreed on.

Where to find Aerodactyl

17 games

Legends: Z-A

  • Hyperspace Lumiose In the overworld Lv. 53-55
  • Hyperspace Lumiose Alpha Pokémon Lv. 62-64
  • Pokémon Research Lab Gift Lv. 20-35

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Moves Aerodactyl learns

53 moves