Wenupteryx uzi got its name from the language of the indigenous Mapuche people, roughly translating to "fast sky wing." https://t.co/yR0osfys5P
Bergamodactylus is named after Bergamo province in Italy where it was found in the 1970s. https://t.co/X2Xv7ric8u
Orientognathus is a long-tailed pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of China. https://t.co/NagctyS1yP
Famous British paleontologist Richard Owen mistakenly identified Lonchodectes as Pterodactylus way back in 1851. https://t.co/Ok97Ixkw7O
Moganopterus had 62 teeth, which was actually far fewer than other members of its family. https://t.co/qr17rmkNCy
Kryptodracon is the most basal and oldest member of a group of more evolutionarily derived pterosaurs with short tails and long wing bones. https://t.co/mvtAqHyON7
Pterorhynchus is another pterosaur from the Tiaojishan and it may have sported an impressive wattle-like feature under its lower jaw. https://t.co/4zT0KcLFzG
One specimen of Gladocephaloideus is so complete and well-preserved that it even includes traces of hair-like pycnofibers. https://t.co/YqOBxq3WB0
The muppet-faced anurognathids of Germany and China are the most famous of their group, but they also had a relative in North America called Mesadactylus. https://t.co/MIyy75gTSC
Linlongopterus was an aerial fisher from the Early Cretaceous of China. https://t.co/NPoi2eaeT8