These claws were so robust that they often preserved better than the thin exoskeleton, and sometimes they're the only parts that remain in fossils of pterygotids.
这些爪子非常坚固, 通常比薄薄的外骨骼保存得更好,有时它们是翼龙化石中唯一保留下来的部分。
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Many pterygotids reached over 1 meter in length, but the king of them all was Jaekelopterus — the largest arthropod that has ever lived, maxing out at 2.5 meters long.