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Figure 1 in A skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland illuminates an earlier origin of large pterosaurs
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- 1. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Grant Institute, James Hutton Road, Edinburgh, Scotland EH9 3FE, UK
- 2. Gortroe Rathkeale, Co Limerick, Ireland
- 3. The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow, Scotland G12 8QQ, UK
- 4. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Grant Institute, James Hutton Road, Edinburgh, Scotland EH9 3FE, UK & National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 1JF, UK
- 5. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Grant Institute, James Hutton Road, Edinburgh, Scotland EH9 3FE, UK & School of Biology, University of St Andrews, Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, St. Andrews, Scotland KY16 9ST, UK
- 6. Staffin Museum, 6 Ellishadder, Staffin, Isle of Skye, Scotland IV51 9JE, UK
Description
Figure 1. The new Middle Jurassic pterosaur Dearc sgiathanach (A–C) Photographs of main slab (NMS G.2021.6.1– 2), bones in dorsal view (A); wing phalanges 2–3 (NMS G.2021.6.3–4), in dorsal view (B); and main counterslab (NMS G.2021.6.3), bones in ventral view (C). (D–F) Schematic drawings of (A)–(C). (G–H) Reconstruction of skull in dorsal (G) and ventral (I) views and skeleton in lateral view (H). ar, articular region; cd, caudal vertebrae; cor, coracoid; cv, cervical vertebrae; d, digit; den, dentary; dors,dorsal vertebrae; dpc, deltopectoral crest; ep, extensor process; fm, femur; gas, gastralia; hdc, humeral distal condyle; hmt, humeral tubercle; isc, ischium; ju, jugal; max, maxilla; mc, metacarpal; mt, metatarsal; po, postorbital; r, ribs; sac, sacral plate; sca, scapula; scv, sacral (?) vertebrae; sm, sesamoid; sq, squamosal; st, sternum; symp, symphysis; uc, ulnar crest; ul, ulna; wp, wing phalanx; r/l, right/left. Blue on reconstructions are missing regions; red line in (E) is location of histological sectioning. Scale bars, 30 mm. See Figures S2 and S3.
Notes
Published as part of Jagielska, Natalia, O'Sullivan, Michael, Funston, Gregory F., Butler, Ian B., Challands, Thomas J., Clark, Neil D.L., Fraser, Nicholas C., Penny, Amelia, Ross, Dugald A., Wilkinson, Mark & Brusatte, Stephen L., 2022, A skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland illuminates an earlier origin of large pterosaurs, pp. 1-8 in Current Biology 32 on page 2, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.073, http://zenodo.org/record/6251702
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