New pterodactyl from the Jurassic of the Rocky Mountains

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Abstract
THE Pterosaurian remains hitherto discovered in this country are aU from the Cretaceous, and most of them belonged to animals of gigantic size.So far as known, they were all destitute of teeth, and hence belong to the order Pteranodont-ia.A characteristic specimen recentl.yfound in the Upper Jurassic of W yorning, and now in the Yale College Museum, is the first indication of this group of reptiles from this formation in America.The specimen.which is in good preservation, is the distal portion of the right wing metacarpal, and indicates a small pterodactyl having a spread of wings of four or five feet.The shaft of this bone at its upper portion is oval in transverse section, but neal' the coudyle it is sub-trihedral, with a distinct
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Authors O. C. Marsh
Journal american journal of science
Year 1878
DOI
10.2475/ajs.s3-16.93.233
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https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.s3-16.93.233
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