taxonID	type	description	language	source
03C887E3FFE185497413FC2EFF13F968.taxon	description	Figures 1 - 10 zoobank. org / 7 F 2 B 8 C 07 - B 736 - 4830 - BA 20 - 53 CD 548 F 22 E 5	en	Spindler, Frederik (2024): A pterosaurian connecting link from the Late Jurassic of Germany. Palaeontologia Electronica (a 35) 27 (2): 1-27, DOI: 10.26879/1366, URL: https://doi.org/10.26879/1366
03C887E3FFE185497413FC2EFF13F968.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. DMA-JP- 2011 / 006 (Figures 1, 2) comprises a complete and fully articulated skeleton, exposed in right lateral view, with soft tissue remains in the trunk region and wing actinofibrils (Tischlinger and Frey, 2013, figure 8). Checked under UV, the slab contains very little repair and shows no restored areas.	en	Spindler, Frederik (2024): A pterosaurian connecting link from the Late Jurassic of Germany. Palaeontologia Electronica (a 35) 27 (2): 1-27, DOI: 10.26879/1366, URL: https://doi.org/10.26879/1366
03C887E3FFE185497413FC2EFF13F968.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet honours Petra Hahn, née Frankerl (1966 - 2019), the wife of Stephan Hahn, who found the specimen in 2011 during the scientific excavation. Horizon and locality. Lower levels of the Rygol lime works quarry near Painten, Bavaria, Germany. The outcrop contributes to the “ Solnhofen archipelago “, a Jurassic reef platform complex (Viohl, 2015 a, b; Wilkin, 2020). The “ Paintener Wanne ” (depression or basin) is among the largest areas of laminated limestones that preserved allochthoneous biota under hypoxic conditions (Albersdörfer and Häckel, 2015). In the sampled level, fine-layered to laminated, irregularly silicified limestones (Kieselplattenkalke) belong to the uppermost Ulmense Subzone (index ammonite Lithoceras ulmense), representing the end-Kimmeridgian stage (Schweigert, 2007, 2015). Therefore, the SPINDLER: PTEROSAURIAN CONNECTING LINK specimen described herein is a contemporary of the oldest known Archaeopteryx from a neighbouring basin (Rauhut et al., 2018, figure 1). Information about the faunal content of the Late Jurassic marine and insular environment from Painten is provided by specific studies (Rauhut et al., 2012; Bennett, 2013 b; Tischlinger and Frey, 2013; Spindler, 2019; Spindler and Albersdörfer, 2019; Sachs PALAEO- ELECTRONICA. ORG et al., 2021; Spindler et al., 2021; Augustin et al., 2022, 2023).	en	Spindler, Frederik (2024): A pterosaurian connecting link from the Late Jurassic of Germany. Palaeontologia Electronica (a 35) 27 (2): 1-27, DOI: 10.26879/1366, URL: https://doi.org/10.26879/1366
03C887E3FFE185497413FC2EFF13F968.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Monofenestratan pterosaur with unique combination of characters: skull moderately elongate, but longer than trunk, maxillary tooth row under nasoantorbital fenestra, nasoantorbital fenestra shorter than the massive rostrum, 11 maxillary tooth positions, nine dentary tooth positions, teeth moderately long and slightly curved conical, wide interdental spaces, cervicals slightly elongated, elongation including the eighth cervical, mid-dorsal diapophyses with offset articulation for rib read, caudal number about 18, mid-caudals moderately elongated and interlocked by needle-like prezygapophyses and hemapophyses, tail very short, distal scapula narrowed to form rounded tip, coracoid with large acrocoracoid process, pteroid slightly elongated, wing metacarpus slightly elongated, small but functional 5 th toe with two phalanges.	en	Spindler, Frederik (2024): A pterosaurian connecting link from the Late Jurassic of Germany. Palaeontologia Electronica (a 35) 27 (2): 1-27, DOI: 10.26879/1366, URL: https://doi.org/10.26879/1366
