Pterodactyloidea

Alarcón Muñoz, Jhonatan, Buldrini Oviedo, Karina, Bajor, Dániel & Rubilar Rogers, David, 2022, Note On New Pterosaur Remains (Archosauria: Pterodactyloidea) From Cerro La Isla, Atacama Region, Northern Chile, Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile 71 (2), pp. 1-8 : 5

Pterodactyloidea indet. ( Fig. 4 )

Material. Distal portion of a right femur (SGO.PV.22913)

DESCRIPTION

Femur — Specimen SGO.PV.22913 corresponds to the distal portion of a right femur. The shaft is mediolaterally expanded and anteroposteriorly narrow. The epiphysis is only partially preserved. In anterior view, a wide intercondylar groove separates the two robust condyles, which extends proximally. The lateral condyle projects farther laterally in anterior and posterior views than the medial condyle, which is rounded and robust. The posterior surface of the distal end of the fragment is severely eroded.

Figures

Figure 4. Pterodactyloidea indet. (SGO.PV.22913), distal portion of a right femur in anterior (A), posterior (B), distal (C), medial (D) and lateral (E) views.Abbreviations: dia, diaphysis; ig, intercondylar groove; lc, lateral condyle; mc: medial condyle. Scale bar: 10 mm.