Appendix chapter 3: Pterosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil in the Stuttgart Collection (and supplement)

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1 Appendix chapter 3: Pterosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil in the Stuttgart Collection (and supplement) Appendix chapter 3 203

2 3.5. Appendix Measurements Length, as preserved 385 Length, reconstructed 400 Height at last alveolus 23.3 Width at symphysis 34.0 Largest width of rami 98.4 Depth dentary sagittal crest, as preserved 35 Length dentary sagittal crest 118 Width at second pair of teeth 21.0 Width at third pair of teeth 22.3 Width at fourth pair of teeth 21.8 Width at fifth pair of teeth 21.7 Table 3.1. Measurements of the mandible, SMNS in mm. SMNS Length, as preserved 138 Diameter shaft 17* SMNS Length 243 Width shaft, dorsal ventral plane 28.4 Width shaft, anterior posterior plane 42.9 Width proximal aspect, dorsal ventral plane 37.3 Width proximal aspect, anterior posterior plane 56.6 Width distal aspect, dorsal ventral plane 43.3 Width distal aspect, anterior posterior plane 67.7 SMNS Length, as preserved 154 Width shaft, dorsal ventral plane (beginning deltopectoral crest) 23.5 Width shaft : maximum height deltopectoral crest, as preserved 56.9 Table 3.2. Measurements of isolated humeri in mm. SMNS ulna Length, as preserved 255 Diameter shaft (anterior) 19.7 Width proximal aspect, as preserved 33 Width proximal aspect, as preserved 33 SMNS ulna Length, as preserved 150* Width proximal aspect, as preserved 27 x 28* Diameter shaft 19 SMNS radius Length, as preserved 150* Width proximal aspect, as preserved 27 x 11* Diameter shaft 8.3 SMNS ulna Length 395 Diameter shaft (anterior) 27 Width proximal aspect 66* Width distal aspect 69 SMNS ulna Length, as preserved 117 Width proximal aspect 29* Diameter shaft 12 x 18 Table 3.3. Measurements of ulnae and radius in mm. *: approximate. Appendix chapter 3 204

3 Diameter ulna Diameter radius Ratio radius:ulna Santadactylus pricei* (BSP 1980 I 122) :1.8 Santadactylus pricei (AMNH 22552) :1.9 SMNS :2.3 Coloborhynchus spielbergi** :2.6 Table 3.4. Ratios of the diameter of ulna/radius. *: measurements from Wellnhofer (1985: 134); **: for comparative reasons a large ulna and radius (410 and 401 mm respectively). Length Diameter Ratios Humerus Diameters radius:ulna 1:2.3 Ulna Diameter : length humerus 1:10.9 Radius 260 5* Lengths humerus : ulna 1:1.4 Table 3.5. Measurements of humerus and ulna/radius, SMNS in mm. *: approximate. SMNS Length, as preserved 40 Width shaft (anterior posterior) 13.6* Width proximal aspect 41.6* Width distal aspect (matrix) 22.4* SMNS Length 446 Width shaft (anterior posterior) 18.1 Width proximal aspect 41.2 Width distal aspect (matrix) 29.3 Table 3.6. Measurements of phalanges in mm. *: approximate Length, as preserved Diameter Ulna Radius First phalanx fourth digit 158* 5.5x124/6.2 x 9.5** Second phalanx fourth digit /10.7** Fourth phalanx fourth digit /7.3** Table 3.7. Measurements of front extremities in mm. *: approximate; **: proximal and distal measurements respectively Figures and plates Figure 3.1. Mandible of cf. Cr. mesembrinus (SMNS 56994) in various aspects. A (left): anterior. Below, next page B: left lateral; C: detail crest, left; D: dorsal; E: right lateral; F: detail crest, right. Photographs by E. Endenburg and the author. Courtesy of SMS, Stuttgart. Appendix chapter 3 205

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5 Figure 3.2. Mandible of cf. Cr. mesembrinus (SMNS 56994) in various aspects. A: anterior; B: left lateral; C: dorsal; D: posterior (right side); E: right lateral; F: ventral. Scale bars = 50 mm. Drawings by the author. Appendix chapter 3 207

6 Figure 3.3A (left) and 3.4A (right). Isolated humerus SMNS Photographs and drawings by E. Endenburg and the author. Courtesy of SMS, Stuttgart. Figure 3.3B (left) and 3.4B (right). Isolated humeri SMNS Photographs and drawings by E. Endenburg and the author. Courtesy of SMS, Stuttgart. Appendix chapter 3 208

7 C Figure 3.3C (above). Isolated humerus. Co. araripensis (SMNS 55409) in (from top to bottom, left to right) proximal, posterior, ventral, anterior, dorsal and distal views; Photographs by E. Endenburg and the author. Courtesy of SMS, Stuttgart. Figure 3.4C (left). Isolated humerus. Co. araripensis (SMNS 55409) in (from top to bottom, left to right) proximal, posterior, ventral, dorsal and distal views. Scale bar = 50 mm. Drawings by the author. Courtesy of SMS, Stuttgart. Appendix chapter 3 209

8 D Figure 3.4D (left) and 3.5D (right). Isolated humerus. Cf. S. pricei (SMNS 55883). Scale bar = 50 mm. Photographs and drawings by E. Endenburg and the author. Courtesy of SMS, Stuttgart. A B Figure 3.5 (top left and right) and 3.6 (bottom left and right). Isolated ulnae and radii. A (top left, bottom left): ulna of cf. S. pricei (SMNS 55410); B (top right, bottom right): ulna/radius of cf. S. pricei (SMNS 55411). Scale bar = 50 mm. Photographs and drawings by E. Endenburg and the author. Courtesy of SMS, Stuttgart. Appendix chapter 3 210

9 C Figure 3.5 (left) and 3.6 (middle and right). Isolated ulnae and radii. Figure 3.5C (left and middles): ulna of cf. C. spielbergi (SMNS 55413). Figure 3.6D (right): ulna SMNS Scale bar = 50 mm. Photographs and drawings by E. Endenburg and the author. Courtesy of SMS, Stuttgart. Figure 3.7 (left) and 3.8 (right). Associated humerus and ulna/radius (SMNS 81976). Scale bar = 50 mm. Photographs and drawings by E. Endenburg and the author. Courtesy of SMS, Stuttgart. Appendix chapter 3 211

10 A B Figure 3.9. Phalanges of wing finger. A: SMNS (obverse and reverse); B: SMNS Photographs by E. Endenburg and the author. Courtesy of SMS, Stuttgart. Figure Phalanges of wing finger. A: SMNS (obverse and reverse); B: SMNS Scale bars = 50 mm. Drawings by the author. Appendix chapter 3 212

11 Figure 3.11 (left) and 3.12 (right). Partial front extremity (SMNS 80437). Scale bar = 50 mm. Photographs and drawings by E. Endenburg and the author. Courtesy of SMS, Stuttgart. Appendix chapter 3 213