TABLE 1. List of measurements (top) and proportions (below) of Petrodactyle and other large Late Jurassic ctenochasmatids. All measurements are to the nearest mm. The table of measurements data forms the basis of the Nopsca curves in Figure 12.
Taxon | Specimen | Source | Skull | Humerus | Radius / Ulna | WMC | WPX 1 | WPX 2 | WPX 3 | WPX 4 | Femur | Tibia |
Petrodactyle | LF 2809 | Specimen | 258 | 92 | x | 198 | 246 | 176 | 121 | 105 | 134 | 229 |
Ctenochasma | BSP 1935.I.24 | Bennett, 2007 | 104 | 38.5 | 52.5 | 52 | 66 | 57 | x | x | 35 | 55 |
Gallodactylus | MNHN CNJ71 | Bennett, 2013b | x | x | x | x | x | 132 | 94.3 | x | 101.5 | 144 |
Cycnorhamphus | GPIT 80 | Bennett, 2013b | 160 | 64 | 88 | 111 | 142 | 117 | 85 | 71 | 77.5 | 121 |
Ardeadactylus | SMNS 56603 | Wellnhofer, 1970 | 215 | 78 | 104 | 130 | 160 | 109 | 77.5 | 65 | 99 | 149 |
Auroroazhdarcho | NMB Sh 110 | Elgin and Hone, 2020 | x | 63 | 84 | 99 | 123 | 85 | 59 | 52 | 79 | 116 |
Balaeonognathus | NKMB P2011-633 | Martill et al., 2023 | 168 | 66 | 87 | 99 | 132 | 99 | 77 | 63 | 71 | 114 |
Taxon | Skull / Humerus |
Humerus / WMC |
WMC / WPX 1 |
WPX 1 / 2 |
WPX 2 / 3 |
WPX 3 / 4 |
Humerus / Femur |
Femur / Tibia |
Petrodactyle | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
Ctenochasma | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | x | x | 1.1 | 0.6 |
Gallodactylus | x | x | x | x | 1.4 | x | x | 0.7 |
Cycnorhamphus | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
Ardeadactylus | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
Auroroazhdarcho | x | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
Balaeonognathus | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
TABLE 2. List of ctenochasmatoid pterosaurian taxa from different formations of the Solnhofen region.
Formation | Taxon | Source |
Mörnsheim | Pterodactylus antiquus | Barrett et al., 2008 |
Diopecephalus kochi | Barrett et al., 2008 | |
Ardeadactylus longicollum | Barrett et al., 2008 | |
Germanodactylus cristatus | Bennett, 2007 | |
Altmuehlopterus rhamphastinus | Barrett et al., 2008 | |
Solnhofen | Cycnorhamphus suevicus | Barrett et al., 2008 |
Aerodactylus scolopaciceps | Vidovic and Martill, 2014 | |
Diopecephalus kochi | Barrett et al., 2008 | |
Ctenochasma elegens | Barrett et al., 2008 | |
Gnathosaurus subulatus | Barrett et al., 2008 | |
Cycnorhamphus suevicus | Barrett et al., 2008 | |
Auroroazhdarcho primordius | Bennett, 2013b | |
Germanodactylus cristatus | Barrett et al., 2008 | |
Painten | Cycnorhamphus suevicus | Bennett, 2013a |
Pterodactylus antiquus | Augustin et al., 2022 | |
Torleite | Balaenognathus maeuseri | Martill et al., 2023 |