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Page Numbers in Italic, Eg 153, Refer to Figures Index Page numbers in italic, e.g. 153, refer to figures. Page numbers in bold, e.g. 321, signify entries in tables. Aetosaurus ferratus 26 brachiopatagium Agadirichnus elegans 321,322-323 Azhdarchidae (indet.) 249-250 air diverticulae see pneumatization Crato Formation 250 Angustinaripterus 144, 177 Rhamphorhynchus muensteri 238,240-246 Anhanguera 123-124 Solnhofen Lithographic Limestone 234, 235-346 pectoral girdle 191-215 thermoregulation 256-259 inferred myology 201-208 Brazil osteological correlates 193-197 Crato Formation 56, 65-72, 234-235,247-250 Anhanguera blittersdorffi, skull 153 Nova Olinda Member 56-63 Anhanguera piscator 122-123 Santana Formation 234-235 Anhanguera santanae, skull 251 bone histovariability 335-342 Anhangueridae 123 Breviquartossa, definition, content, synapomorphies scapulocoracoid 73-77 155-156 ankle and pes, Triassic genera 37-39 Anurognathidae 107-111,176 Caelidracones, definition, content, synapomorphies Anurognathus ammoni 152-153, 176 152-153 phalanges 176 Campylognathoides 115-116 Ap6n Formation, Venezuela, Early Cretaceous 73-77 caudal vertebrae 18 "Araripesaurus" 178 jugal 9 Araripesaurus castilhoi 145 pectoral girdle 191-215 Archaeopterodactyloidea, definition, content, inferred myology 198-201,203-208 synapomorphies 117-119 osteologicai correlates 197 Araripe Basin, Brazil, Santana Formation 234-235 Campylognathoides liasicus Arizona, Morrison Formation 45-46 skull 152 Asiaticognathidae 107, 111-112 wing ratios 19 astragalus 37 Campylognathoididae 176 Austria, Tyrol, Eudimorphodon cf. ranzii 5-22 carpus, comparative morphology 165 Austriadactylus caudals, rhamphorhynchids 12-14 general description 25, 32 Cearadac~lus 180 taxonomy 37, 176 Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Mexico 275-282 Azhdarchidae cladistic analysis 106--134, 141-150 bone histovariability 335-342 classification defined 125-126, 181 Bennett (1989, 1994 cladistic analyses) 141-142 Late Cretaceous character list 130-133 Brazil (indet.) 249-250 data matrix 133-134 Morocco 79-90 ichnotaxonomy 316--317 Transylvania 91-104 Kellner (1996 cladistic analysis) 143 scapulocoracoid 267-274 Kuhn (1967 tree) 140 Azhdarcho lancicollis 18 I Pterosauria 112 Azhdarchoidea Unwin (1992, t995 MPT analyses) 142 definition, content, synapomorphies 125, 169-170 Unwin (PAUP analysis) 149-150 skulls 156 Viscardi (1999 cladistic analysis) 143 Wellnhofer (1978 tree) 140 'basal pterosaurs' Young (1964 tree) 140 defined 24 see also phylogeny skulls 151 Coloborhynchus, scapulocoracoid 268-269 Batrachognathus volans 176 Coloborhynchus robustus, skull 153 phalanges 176 Comodactylus ostromi 45, 52 bats, physiology 226--227 conodont Epigondolella 26-27 beaks, edentulous 154, 250-251 Cosesaurus 147 Bennett, pterosaurs, cladogram relative to extant reptiles cranial crest 52, 253-256 192 comparative anatomy 69 Bennett (1989, 1994 cladistic analyses; Paup analysis) function 69-71 141-142, 173 "Rhamphorhynchoidea" 45, 52 birds, homology of axial pneumatization 227-228 scaphognathine 45, 52 body hair 228, 234 Tapejara navigans 65-72, 247-248 bone histological analysis Crato Formation, Brazil 56-63, 65-72, 234-235, John Quekett sections 325-334 247-250 variability 335-342 Crayssac, SW France, tracksites 283-296 bootstrap analysis 149, 171 Criorhynchus mesembrinus 251 Downloaded from http://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/books/book/chapter-pdf/3872583/9781862394650_backmatter.pdf by guest on 28 September 2021 344 INDEX crocodilian trackways, vs pterosaurian 288 flight apparatus 260-262 Ctenochasma gracile 180 top-, middle- and bottom-deck 267-274 (juvenile) 179 wing phalanges, Eudimorphodon cf. ranzii Ctenochasmatidae 117, 118, 119-120, 180 15-16 Ctenochasmatoidea wing ratios definition, content, synapomorphies 165-166 Jurassic and Cretaceous genera 35 skulls 155 Triassic genera 34, 40 Cycnorhamphus suevicus 165-166, 179 foot 259-260 see also manus and pes decay analysis 171 France, Jurassic Crayssac tracksites 283-296 dentition edentulous beaks 154, 250-251 Gallodactylidae 117, 118, 119-120 Eudimorphodon 9-12, 39-40 Germanodactylus 117-119, 180 Harpactognathus 49-50 Germanodactylus cristatus 168-169, 180 Peteinosurus zambellii 39 skull 251 Triassic pterosaurs 39-40 Germanodactylus rhamphastinus 180 Dermodactylus 45 skull 251 Dermodactylus montanus 52 Germany, Solnhofen Lithographic Limestone 233-234, Dimorphodon 112-114 235-246 Dimorphodon macronyx 149, 176 Gnathosaurus subulatus 180, 251 wing ratios 19 Dimorphodontidae 176 hair, body 228-229, 234 Doratorhynchus 84-85 hand 259-260 Dorygnathus 112-114, 144 see also manus and pes Dorygnathus banthensis 177 Haopterus gracilis 178 jugal 9 Harpactognathus gentryii 45-54 wing ratios 19 Hateg Basin, Romania 91-104 Dsungaripteridae 124-125, 180 Hatzegopteryx thambema 92-104 Dsungaripteroidea femur 100-101 definition, content, synapomorphies 117-118, size 98-99 120-121,168-169 hind limb see limbs skull 156 histological analysis Dsungaripterus weii 168-169, 180 John Quekett sections 325-334 skull 251 variability 335-342 Howse (1986 cladistic analysis) 141 E1 Pelillal Tracksite, Mexico 275-282 Huanhepterus 84-85, 251 Eosipterus 180 humerus Euctenochasmatia, definition, content, synapomorphies Anhanguera 195-196 166-168 Campylognathoides 197, 198 Eudimorphodon comparative morphology 162 dentition 9-12, 39-40 Eudimorphodon cf. ranzii 15 general description 24-25, 27-28 Hatzegopteryx thambema 96-97 taxonomy 17-20, 32-33 histological analysis Eudimorphodon cf. ranzii 5-22 John Quekett sections 325-334 systematics and description 7-17 variability 335-342 taxonomic assignment 17-20, 115-116, 176 morphometric data 146 Eudimorphodon cromptonellus 13, 24-25, 151 Hunterian pterosaur bone, histological analysis wing ratios 19 325-334 Eudimorphodon ranzii 17-20, 24-25, 27-28, 153-155, 176-177 ichnotaxonomy 315-324 skull 152 classification 316-317 wing ratios 19 ichnospecies 317-318 Eudimorphodon rosenfeldi 5, 17-20, 24-25, 112-114, Principle of Priority 315 115-116 type species fixation 315-316 wing ratios 19 see also Pteraichnus trackways Euornithocheira, definition, content, synapomorphies integumentary structures 228-229 162-163 Istiodactylus 123, 144 lstiodactylus latidens 159-162 feathers 228 skull 153 protofeathers (body hair) 228, 234 Italy femur Triassic pterosaurs 2343 Hatzegopteryx thambema 100-101 dating 26-27 Hunterian, histological analysis 325-334 locations 6 fibula, Triassic pterosaurs 40 revised characters 27-32 Downloaded from http://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/books/book/chapter-pdf/3872583/9781862394650_backmatter.pdf by guest on 28 September 2021 INDEX 345 jaws, edentulous 154, 250-251 Ornithocheiridae 178 jugals, comparative morphology 9 Ornithocheiroidea Brazil 56-63 Karatau Formation, Kazakhstan 234 definition, content, synapomorphies 122, Kellner (1995 PAUP analysis) 141 159-162 Kellner (1996 cladistic analysis) 143, 173 scapulocoracoid 267-274 Kepodactylus grandis 45 skulls 154 Kepodactylus insperatus 52 Ornithocheirus compressirostris 122-123 Kuhn (1967 tree) 140 Ornithocheirus mesembrinus 162-163 skull 153 LaoptetTxpriscus 45, 52 Ornithocheirus simus 178 limbs Ornithodemus see Istiodactylus morphometric data 146 ornithodirans 217, 228-229 ratios of long bone lengths Ornithostoma sedgwicki 178 Jurassic and Cretaceous genera 35 Oulad Abdoun Phosphatic Basin, Morocco 79-90 Triassic genera 34, 40 Triassic, comparative morphology 29, 37-39 Parapsicephalus 47 see also tracks (Dorygnathus banthensis) 177 Lonchodectidae, definition 179-180 partitioning 171 Lonchognatha, definition, content, synapomorphies patagia 234 153-155 see also brachiopatagium Lophocratia, definition, content, synapomorphies pectoral girdle morphology 191-215 164-165 Eudimorphodon cf. ranzii 14-15 Ludodactylus sibbicki flight design 267-274 description 57-60 inferred myology 198-208 skull 251 osteological correlates 193-197 summary/discussion 208-213 Macronychoptera, definition, content, synapomorphies functional consequences 210-212 149-152 phylogenetic implications 212-213 manus and pes pelvic girdle morphology, Eudimorphodon cf. ranzii 16 anatomy 259-260 pes see manus and pes (tracks) Azhdarchidae (indet.) 249-250 Peteinosaurus 112-114 comparative morphology 37-40, 167 Peteinosaurus zambellii 176 manus 259-260 dentition 39 webbed pes 233, 305-306 general description 25, 28-31 manus and pes tracks taxonomy 33 swimming 301-303 wing ratios 19 see also trackways Phobetopterparvus, skull 251 Mesadactylus ornithosphyos 52, 145 Phosphatodraco mauritanicus 79-90 metacarpus, comparative morphology 165 phylogeny 105-190 metatarsals, comparative morphology 38-39 abbreviations/conventions 143-144 Mexico, Campanian Cen-o del Pueblo Formation, analysis using parsimony (PAUP) 105-106, 141, trackways 275-282 149-150 Mockina slovakensis, Seefeld Beds 7 characteristics used (appendix II) 181-182 Morocco, Oulad Abdoun Phosphatic Basin 79-90 classification 144-145 morphometric data, limbs 146 data matrix 133-134 Morrison Formation, Wyoming 45-46 materials/methods 105-106, 144-147 musculature, osteological correlates see pectoral girdle most parsimonious trees (MPTs) 141 morphology new taxa 144 results 106-127, 147-170 Neoazhdarchia, definition, content, synapomorphies summary/discussion 170-174 170 bootstrap and decay analyses 171 Norian stage 23-24 comparison with previous studies 172-174 North America quality of character data set 170-171 Morrison Formation 45-46, 299-301 tree robusticity 170 Summerville-Sundance Formation 299-300, taxon-character matrix 148 305 terminal taxa (incl. appendix I) 144-146, 175-181 trackways morphometric data 146 Jurassic locations
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