FIGURE 1. Specimen DMA-JP-2011/006, holotype of Propterodacylus frankerlae, gen. nov., sp. nov. (A) under daylight condition; (B) under UV (365 nm), by courtesy of Helmut Tischlinger. Scale bars equal 5 cm.
FIGURE 2. Interpretative drawing and key for DMA-JP-2011/006, holotype of Propterodacylus frankerlae, gen. nov., sp. nov. Soft tissue preservation and areas of uncertain bone tracing are left out.
FIGURE 3. Close-up of skull and neck, DMA-JP-2011/006, holotype of Propterodacylus frankerlae, gen. nov., sp. nov. (A) under UV (365 nm), courtesy of Helmut Tischlinger; (B) line drawing interpretation. Note that minor proportional deviations in the key drawing result from zoom and lens effects due to a different master photography.
FIGURE 4. Skull reconstruction of Propterodacylus frankerlae, gen. nov., sp. nov., from subadult holotype. The mandible is also shown in dorsal aspect, leaving out the unknown replacement teeth of the left side. For osteological key see Figure 2.
FIGURE 5. Close-up of trunk and hip region, DMA-JP-2011/006, holotype of Propterodacylus frankerlae, gen. nov., sp. nov., under UV (365 nm), courtesy of Helmut Tischlinger.
FIGURE 6. Close-up of mid-caudal series, DMA-JP-2011/006, holotype of Propterodacylus frankerlae, gen. nov., sp. nov., under UV (365 nm), courtesy of Helmut Tischlinger.
FIGURE 7. Close-up of wrists, DMA-JP-2011/006, holotype of Propterodacylus frankerlae, gen. nov., sp. nov., under UV (365 nm), courtesy of Helmut Tischlinger.
FIGURE 8. Close-up of hindlimbs and feet, DMA-JP-2011/006, holotype of Propterodacylus frankerlae, gen. nov., sp. nov., under UV (365 nm), courtesy of Helmut Tischlinger.
FIGURE 9. Close-up of pathological wing phalanx, DMA-JP-2011/006, holotype of Propterodacylus frankerlae, gen. nov., sp. nov., under UV (365 nm), courtesy of Helmut Tischlinger.
FIGURE 10. Phylogenetic analyses that included Propterodactylus, formerly known as the “Painten (pro-)pterodactyloid”, restricted to chosen taxa. Note that there is little consensus about most relationships beyond the monophyly of Pterodactyloidea (green, blue, violet), while the position of Propterodactylus is challenged only by the fragmentarily known and barely diagnosed Kryptodrakon (introduced as the oldest pterodactyloid under deviant constraints, see Andres et al., 2014).
