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Before there was Darwinopterus there was the sadly ignored yet completely amazing Pterorhynchus.
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~bensen-daniel Dec 6, 2009
What evidence is there for the tail flanges, and how wide-spread are they in pterosaurs?
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~Archosaurian Dec 7, 2009
There are some photos of the type specimen having undergone preparation, the tail vanes run all along the tail. Only Pterorhynchus<i/>, Rhamphorhynchus, and Sordes have been preserved so as to show tail vane remains. In Sordes the vane seems to be a long, thin segmented paddle shape.
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~bensen-daniel Dec 21, 2009
So really, we have no idea what structure most pterosaurs had on their tails. The leaf-shaped vane ala Rhamphorhynchus might be unique to that genus?
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~Archosaurian Jan 1, 2010
Exactly!
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Mood: Love ~Kirillus Nov 1, 2009
Awesome work as usual!
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~Ahrkeath Oct 31, 2009
How strange-looking with the serrated tail flanges...pretty cool, nevertheless!
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!JohnFaa Oct 30, 2009  Student Writer
Wasn't it found that it had a nasoanteorbital frenetra, instead of the two openings seperated?
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~Archosaurian Oct 30, 2009
I think there was only ever one reconstruction of it with a full nasoantorbital fenestra, and I'm pretty sure it was the result of a misinterpretation due to the dorsoventral crushing of the right side of the skull displacing a lachrymal. The naris is still quite visible in the photos and the x-rays.
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