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Table 2 Ratios of selected long bone elements in various pterosaur taxa

From: A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Lebanon

Taxa

Specimen number

wph 2/wph 1

mc IV/hu

mc IV/wph 1

Azhdarchidae

 Zhejiangopterus linhaiensis

ZHNM M1323

0.66

2.45

1.04

 Quetzalcoatlus sp.

TMM 41961

0.51

×

0.81

 Quetzalcoatlus sp.

TMM 42422

0.51

2.48

1.03

 Q. northropi

TMM 41450

×

1.79a

×

Chaoyangopteridae

 Shenzhoupterus chaoyangensis

HGM41HIII-305A

0.68

2.12

0.95

 Eoazhdarcho liaoxiensis

GMN-03-11-002

0.78

1.50

0.76

Thalassodromidae

 Tupuxuara longicristatus

IMCF 1052

0.60

1.53

0.71

Tapejaridae

 Huaxiapterus jii

GMN-03-11-001

0.79

1.67

0.81

 tapejarid sp. indet.

SMNK PAL 6409

0.71

×

×

 tapejarid sp. indet.

SMNK PAL 3900

0.62

1.39

0.62

 Sinopterus dongi

IVPP V 13363

0.73

1.63

0.79

 Microtuban altivolans

SMNK PAL 6595

0.85

1.81a

0.90

  1. aEstimated values