In Depth
Mesadactylus was identified from a synsacrum, the area where the spinal column meets the hind quarters. Since then more fossil material has been referred to Mesadactylus, and despite minor differences, the suggestion has been made that Mesadactylus may possibly be the same species as Kepodactylus.
Further Reading
– Small pterosaurs and dinosaurs from the Uncompahgre fauna (Brushy Basin Member, Morrison Formation; ?Tithonian), Late Jurassic, western Colorado. – Journal of Paleontology 63(3):364-373. – J. A. Jensen & K. Padian – 1989. – New material of Mesadactylus ornithosphyos, a primitive pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Colorado. – Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(4):850-856. – D. K. Smith, R. K. Sanders & K. L. Stadtman – 2004.
