Distinct from and twice the size of No. 61, fingers I-III of PAL 3830 were larger. Manual digit III was longer than half the metacarpus and as long as the entire foot. The metacarpus was much more robust than manual 4.1. The foot, while appearing quite lethal, was actually much smaller, about a third of the tibia. A small patella was present. The penultimate pedal phalanges were the longest in each series suggestive of an arboreal habitat when not flying.
The family tree of the Ornithocephalia and Germanodactylia is here. The expanded family tree of the Pterosauria is here.
In this rollover image of PAL 3830in situ the soft tissue, possible disarticulated wing tissue, is traced. note that there is no connection between the leg and the main portion of wing tissue, torn, twisted and mangled as it is and coming off the wing bones at left.
Frey E and Tischlinger H 2000. Weichteilanatomie der Flugsaurierfüße und Bau der Scheitelkämme: Neue Pterosaurierfunde aus den Solnhofener Schichten (Bayern) und der Crato-Formation (Brasilien). Archaeopteryx, Eichstätt, 18: 1-16.
