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ITunes disfigures Dimorphodon

Monday, March 31, 2014 11:13

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Figure 1. ITunes SM Dinosaurs Dimorphodon. In a word:

Figure 1. ITunes SM Dinosaurs Dimorphodon. Upper image, not too bad. Lower image, awkward. Is it getting ready to leap with forelimbs? Pedal digit 5 is useless here. Tail vanes are unknown in dimorphodontids. Fingers appear too small. Credit goes to the narrow chord wing membrane. Let’s hope the wing finger is short due to foreshortening, but why run with the wing finger deployed? Image lightened to show detail.

Apple ITunes
is offering a dino app. Unfortunately it includes a badly configured Dimorphodon (Fig. 1) in a quadrupedal pose with hands far ahead of the shoulders. Perhaps it is getting ready to launch with forelimbs. While the Seeley inset was the inspiration, the app image takes it over the top. Missing a few fingers apparently and they’re too small as is. Great color and texture!

Here’s what Dimorphodon should look like: (Fig. 2).

What’s wrong with a bipedal Dimorphodon?
Like theropod dinosaurs, it has a right angle femoral head, appressed metatarsals, and long fingers with trenchant claws not well made for touching the ground. Sure the arms are long enough to reach the ground, but why should it? The closest known pterosaur tracks are single pedal ichnites matching anurognathids (Peters 2011).