It was in 1994 named by Eberhard Frey and David Martill in honor of Arthur Conan Doyle, who featured large reptilian pterosaurs in his novel The Lost World, about a professor finding prehistoric animals still alive on a plateau in South-America. They first spelled the species name as Arthurdactylus conan-doylei, thus with a forbidden diacritic sign, and themselves carried out the necessary emendation to conandoylei in 1998. The holotype is SMNK 1132 PAL, a reasonably complete skeleton, lacking only a skull, neck, sternum and some caudal vertebrae. The specimen, adult or nearly so, was preserved on a plate and is slightly crushed. Arthurdactylus had, compared to the torso length of 22 centimetres, relatively long wings and especially long wing fingers, perhaps much more so than any other pterodactyloid. The hind limbs are however, weakly developed.
The describers assigned Arthurdactylus to the Ornithocheiridae. According to Brazilian paleontologistAlexander Kellner, who uses this concept in a different sense, Arthurdactylus can be best indicated as closely related to the Anhangueridae.
Referencesedit
^Frey, E.; Martill, D.M. (1994). "A new Pterosaur from the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Aptian) of Brazil". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 194 (2–3): 379–412. doi:10.1127/njgpa/194/1994/379.
^Martill, D.M.; Coram, R.A. "Additional evidence for very large wing-span pterosaurs in the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian) of southern England" (PDF). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 131 (3–4): 293–300. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.05.002.
^Paul, Gregory S. (2022). The Princeton Field Guide to Pterosaurs. Princeton University Press. p. 166. doi:10.1515/9780691232218. ISBN9780691232218. S2CID 249332375.
arthurdactylus, genus, pterodactyloid, pterosaur, from, early, cretaceous, crato, formation, northeastern, brazil, medium, sized, pterosaur, with, wingspan, metres, body, mass, temporal, range, albian, preꞒ, nscientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom,. Arthurdactylus is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation of northeastern Brazil It was a medium sized pterosaur with a wingspan of 4 5 4 6 metres 14 8 15 1 ft and body mass of 15 kg 33 lb 1 2 3 ArthurdactylusTemporal range Albian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg NScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataOrder PterosauriaSuborder PterodactyloideaFamily OrnithocheiridaeGenus ArthurdactylusFrey and Martill 1994Species A conandoyleiBinomial name Arthurdactylus conandoyleiFrey E amp Martill D M 1994SynonymsArthurdactylus conan doyleiIt was in 1994 named by Eberhard Frey and David Martill in honor of Arthur Conan Doyle who featured large reptilian pterosaurs in his novel The Lost World about a professor finding prehistoric animals still alive on a plateau in South America They first spelled the species name as Arthurdactylus conan doylei thus with a forbidden diacritic sign and themselves carried out the necessary emendation to conandoylei in 1998 The holotype is SMNK 1132 PAL a reasonably complete skeleton lacking only a skull neck sternum and some caudal vertebrae The specimen adult or nearly so was preserved on a plate and is slightly crushed Arthurdactylus had compared to the torso length of 22 centimetres relatively long wings and especially long wing fingers perhaps much more so than any other pterodactyloid The hind limbs are however weakly developed The describers assigned Arthurdactylus to the Ornithocheiridae According to Brazilian paleontologist Alexander Kellner who uses this concept in a different sense Arthurdactylus can be best indicated as closely related to the Anhangueridae References edit Frey E Martill D M 1994 A new Pterosaur from the Crato Formation Lower Cretaceous Aptian of Brazil Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie Abhandlungen 194 2 3 379 412 doi 10 1127 njgpa 194 1994 379 Martill D M Coram R A Additional evidence for very large wing span pterosaurs in the Wessex Formation Early Cretaceous Barremian of southern England PDF Proceedings of the Geologists Association 131 3 4 293 300 doi 10 1016 j pgeola 2019 05 002 Paul Gregory S 2022 The Princeton Field Guide to Pterosaurs Princeton University Press p 166 doi 10 1515 9780691232218 ISBN 9780691232218 S2CID 249332375 See also editTimeline of pterosaur research List of pterosaurs List of organisms named after famous people born 1800 1899 References editThe Pterosaur Database pdf Portals nbsp Paleontology nbsp Cretaceous nbsp Brazil Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arthurdactylus amp oldid 1134905340, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
