Re: What does the pteroid point to?

[Mike Habib <habib@jhmi.edu>]

It depends on what you think the extent of the propatagium is.  If the  
propatagium extends onto the neck, then the pteroid might point  
towards the lower cervicals, as in the recent manuscripts you cited.

--Mike


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On Jul 17, 2009, at 8:03 AM, David Peters wrote:

> What does the pteroid point to, if not the deltopectoral crest?  
> Three recent studies do not have the pteroid directed toward the  
> dpcrest but somewhere anterior to it and beyond, like the cervical  
> series.
>
> --
> David Peters
> davidrpeters@charter.net
>
> Frey E, Buchy M-C, Stinnesbeck W. 2006. Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis
> n.g, n.sp, a nyctosaurid pterosaur with soft tissue preservation from
> the Coniacian (Late Cretaceous) of northeast Mexico (Coahuila).
> Oryctos. 6:19–39.
>
> Bennett SC. 2008. Morphological evolution of the forelimb of  
> pterosaurs:
> myology and function. In: Buffetaut E, Hone DWE, editors.
> Zitteliana Series B, 28 (Special Volume: Flugsaurier: pterosaur
> papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer). p. 127–141.
>
> Prondvai, Edina and Hone, David W. E.(2009)'New models for the wing  
> extension in pterosaurs',Historical Biology,