Campylognathoides zitteli, the Stuttgart specimen, SMNS 11879, Cz in the Wild (1975) catalog, Early Jurassic, ~180 mya, was almost twice as large as the C4 specimen. The Cz specimen was derived from a sister to the Paris specimen and phylogenetically preceded the C5 specimen.
Distinct from the C4 specimen, the skull of the Cz specimen had a relatively larger skull subequal to the glenoid-acetabulum length, which was relatively reduced. The large orbit was a fourth of the skull length, so in this case the larger specimen had the larger orbit and shorter rostrum. The ectopalatine was diminutive. The mandible was gracile. Two posterior premaxillary fangs were the longest teeth.
The cervical series was short, tall and robust. The length of the torso is unknown. Here it is reconstructed in accord with the C5 specimen in which the elbow extended to the anterior ilium. It is noteworthy that the tail, with its terminal vane, was subequal to the height of the wingtips whenfolded. This has display potential in that the two wingtips plus the tail vane could be easily rocked like metronomes.
The shorter pubis was about as deep as the acetabulum diameter. The prepubis was deeper than the small pelvis. |
