-
extensive than the
simple pteroid-to-shoulder
connection traditionally depicted in life restorations. The
position of the
pteroid bone
itself has been controversial...
- wrist.
Pterosaurs developed a
unique bone to
support this membrane, the
pteroid. Brachiopatagium: the main
flight surface,
stretching from the elongated...
- S2CID 83483952. Butler, A., Vicente, N., De Gaulejac, B. (1993).
Ecology of the
pteroid bivalves P.
nobilis bicolor Gmelin and P.
nobilis L.
Marine Life, 3(1–2)...
- the skull, but
contains a
fourth cervical vertebra, a rib, a humerus, a
pteroid bone, a
fourth metacarpal, a
tibia and a metatarsal. In 1992, the skeleton...
- S2CID 129438441. Bennett, S. C. (2007). "Articulation and
function of the
pteroid bone of pterosaurs" (PDF).
Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (4):...
- fossil. The wing
bones are robust. The
metacarpals are very short. A
short pteroid,
supporting a propatagium, is
pointing towards the body. The hand claws...
- able to
create a
variable airfoil. In this case they
would function as a
pteroid bone in
pterosaurs or an
alula in birds,
increasing or
decreasing drag...
- left humerus, a
piece of the
right humerus, the left radius, the
right pteroid, the
shaft of the
fourth metacarpal, the
proximal part of the
first phalanx...
- have
supported a
membrane like
those supported by its wing-fingers and
pteroids.
Dorygnathus was
according to
David Unwin related to the Late Jur****ic...
- for a
basal pterosaur, of
which the
second phalanx is the largest. The
pteroid is
short and robust. The
pelvis is not very well known. A
fossil collector...
