TABLE 1. Selected long bone measurements of large Jurassic pterosaurs.Hu, humerus; Ul, ulna; Mc, metacarpal; Wph, wing finger phalanx; WF, wing finger (wph 1-4); FL, forelimb (i.e., half span); FL-WF representing the combined length of the humerus, ulna, and metacarpal. All measurements are in mm. Incomplete bones (*) attributed to the ‘big wings’ are reconstructed based on more complete specimens (Appendix 1).
| Specimen | Hu | Ul | Mc 4 | Wph 1 | Wph 2 | Wph 3 | Wph 4 | FL-WF | WF | FL | |
| ‘big wings’ (Configuration #1) | |||||||||||
| 1 | SMNK PAL 6990 | 129 | 174 | 165 | 224 | 216 | 142 | 72 | 468 | 654 | 1120 |
| 2 | MB.R.5591.1 | 117* | 158 | 141 | 215 | 191 | 141 | 93 | 420* | 640 | 1060 |
| 3 | Lost (see Wellnhofer, 1970) | 130 | 185 | 162 | - | - | - | - | 477 | - | - |
| ‘big wings’ (Configuration #2) | |||||||||||
| 4 | PTH 1963.1A | 116 | 133 | 140 | 182 | 171 | - | - | 389 | - | - |
| ‘big wings’ (indet.) | |||||||||||
| 5 | Lost (see Wellnhofer, 1970) | - | 174 | - | - | 194 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Eichstätt sp. (see Wellnhofer, 1970) | - | - | - | 200 | 195 | 185 | - | - | - | - |
| Named Taxa | |||||||||||
| 7 | Germanodactylus cristatus (BSP AS I745) |
56 | 75 | 66 | 84 | 78 | 66 | 55 | 197 | 282 | 479 |
| 8 | Cycnorhamphus suevicus (GPIT 80) |
64 | 88 | 111 | 142 | 117 | 85 | 71 | 263 | 415 | 678 |
| 9 | Ardeadactylus longicollum (Stuttgart sp) |
95 | 115 | 160 | 188 | 134 | - | - | 370 | - | - |
| 10 | Pterodactylus antiquus (RGM St 18 184) |
44 | 60 | 44 | 58 | 58 | 51 | 39 | 148 | 205 | 353 |
| 11 | Aurorazhdarcho micronyx (NMB Sh 110) |
63 | 84 | 99 | 123 | 85 | 59 | 52 | 246 | 319 | 565 |
| 12 | Ctenochasma elegans (BSP 1935 I 24) |
39 | 53 | 35 | 66 | 57 | - | - | 127 | - | - |
| 13 | Aerodactylus scolopaciceps (see Frey and Martill 1998) |
64 | 89 | 61 | - | - | - | - | 214 | - | - |
