pycnofibre
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- pycnofiber (US)
Etymology[edit]
From pycno- + fibre. Coined 2009 by Brazilian palaeontologist Alexander W. A. Kellner et al.[1]
Noun[edit]
pycnofibre (plural pycnofibres)
- (paleontology) Any one of the hair-like filaments that comprised an integument of some pterosaurs.
- 2012, A. J. Veldmeijer, Mark Witton, Ilja Nieuwland, Pterosaurs: Flying Contemporaries of the Dinosaurs, Sidestone Press, page 119:
- While the metal frames, styrofoam bulk and resin wings comprised the majority of the models, the details that would bring them to life – eyes, scars, pycnofibres, scales and colour – needed to be added before the models could really look vital.
- 2014, Albert J. DeBenedictis, Evolution or Creation?: A Comparison of the Arguments, 3rd edition, Xlibris, page 254:
- Many [pterosaurs] had furry coats made up of hair-like filaments known as pycnofibres, which covered their bodies and parts of their wings.
Translations[edit]
hair-like filament of an integument of a pterosaur
References[edit]
- ^ 2009 August 5, Alexander W. A. Kellner, Xiaolin Wang, Helmut Tischlinger, Diogenes de Almeida Campos, David W. E. Hone, Xi Meng, The soft tissue of Jeholopterus (Pterosauria, Anurognathidae, Batrachognathinae) and the structure of the pterosaur wing membrane, Proceedings of the Royal Society B.