Famed paleontologist Richard Owen misidentified Lonchodraco as Pterodactylus in the 1850s. https://t.co/EBenp8H2Pt
Don't be fooled by its name, Eopteranodon is not closely related to the other more popular pterosaur with a similar name. It's one of the earliest known toothless pterosaurs. https://t.co/NouIhlRzSA
The only fossil specimen of this Early Cretaceous pterosaur shows it biting its wing, a result of separation of body parts prior to fossilization. https://t.co/wjF3nfO634
Hongshanopterus is named for the Neolithic Hongshan Culture of China whose people lived more than 5,000 years ago. https://t.co/sVM12B3PIu
Longchengpterus, a slight tongue-twister of a genus, was the first istiodactylid pterosaur named from China. https://t.co/kQjVXV5gWn
Volgadraco is a Late Cretaceous azhdarchid pterosaur from Russia's Volga River valley. https://t.co/Ltq4YQpwiR
Douzhanopterus is a transitional pterosaur between wukongopterids and the more derived short-tailed pterosaurs. https://t.co/Jg2Wsg2IL5
Diopecephalus is from the famous Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone Formation of Germany. https://t.co/CsbmaXXOh3
See, dsungaripterids aren't that ugly, after all. https://t.co/aGv8TYhN9S
Want to make a pterosaur weathervane? Try Jianchangnathus. Just don't forget the teeth. https://t.co/Uvoq6xX4xT