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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