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
Maaradactylus is named after Maara, the daughter of a chief of the Kariri indigenous people, who through sorcery was changed into a monster that ate fishermen. https://t.co/jsnifMoSuD
Want to make a pterosaur weathervane? Try Jianchangnathus. Just don't forget the teeth. https://t.co/Uvoq6xX4xT
Elanodactylus has some unique skeletal features among pterosaurs and evolved long neck vertebrae convergent with another group, the azhdarchids. https://t.co/PyfxWV07cv