phalange
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Fore-feet with five toes; the first much more slender than the others, and with a smaller ungual phalange and nail; the second, though the longest, also slender.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
Thirdly, the great elongation of the third wing phalange.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
The fourth has a long and rather slender metacarpal, and three phalanges diminishing in size, the terminal phalange being very small.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
II At Germani celeriter, ex consuetudine sua, phalange facta, impetus gladiorum exceperunt.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
There is some support for this interpretation; but I have not seen any English or German Pterodactyles with only one phalange in the first toe.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.