G. August. Goldfuss
German born professor of palaeontology
Goldfuss, G. A. 1829 [Pterodactylus found near Sohlenhofen.] Amtl. Ber. Vers. dts. NAturf. Arzte 8, 47–48.
Goldfuss, G. A. 1830 Pterodactylus crassirostris. Isis von Oken, Jena pp. 552–553 & pl. 6
Goldfuss, G. A. 1831 [Pterodactylus macronyx at Banz.] N. Jb. Miner. Geogn. Geol. Petrefakt. 2, 298.
Goldfuss, G. A. 1831 Beiträge zur Kenntnis verschiedener Reptilien der Vorwelt. I. Reptilien aus dem lithographischen Schiefer. Nova Acta Phys. Med. k. Leopold.-Carol. Inst. Akad. Naturf. 15 (1), 61–128 & pls 6–12.*
*this paper contains one of the oldest reconstruction illustrations of a pterosaur.