Rhabdopelix (meaning "rod pelvis") is adubiousgenus of possiblekuehneosauridreptile, from theLate Triassic-ageLockatong Formation ofPennsylvania, United States. Based on partial, possiblychimeric remains,[2] it was described byAmericannaturalist andpaleontologistEdward Drinker Cope as an earlypterosaur.[3] It held this status until the 1960s, whenNed Colbert reevaluated it for his description ofIcarosaurus. He noted that the bones came from a block with the remains of other animals, and that Cope had misinterpreted some of the remains; for example, the rod-like "pubic bones" that had given it its name were actually much more like the bony structures used byIcarosaurus and related animals to glide. Additionally, he couldn't relocate thefossils, which are assumed to be lost. He recommended consideringRhabdopelix adubious name.[2]Peter Wellnhofer retained it as a pterosaur of unknown affinities in his 1978 review,[4] but rejected this by 1991.[5]
^As noted by Colbert (1966), this name was published in the 1870 portion of a multi-year publication; references to 1899 are due to a typographical error in Wellnhofer (1991)
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