In Depth
When it comes to naming prehistoric animals, the names can be confusing, but Apatomerus, which means ‘deceptive femur’ was spot on. Initially thought to a thigh of a crocodile, Williston later declared it to be a pterosaur bone. Later study has now deduced that it is probably not a pterosaur bone and is possibly from a plesiosaur.
Further Reading
– On the osteology of Nyctosaurus (Nyctodactylus), with notes on American pterosaurs. – Field Columbian Museum Publications, Geological Series 2:125-163. – S. W. Williston – 1903.
