Hongshanopterus is named for the Neolithic Hongshan Culture of China whose people lived more than 5,000 years ago. #pterosaur #science #fossils https://t.co/sVM12BlqA2
Renowned paleontologist Sir Richard Owen named Coloborhynchus back in 1874. #pterosaur #science #fossils https://t.co/uq6i8sofdC
Yixianopterus is a mysterious #pterosaur from a strange group of flying reptiles known as the lonchodectids. #science #fossils #paleontology https://t.co/xQ45aOqT3l
Scientists named Alamodactylus after, you guessed it, the Texas symbol of independence otherwise known as the Alamo. #pterosaur #science #fossils https://t.co/u5Ek8DxNge
Austriadraco is a basal #pterosaur from the Triassic Period of Austria. #science #fossils https://t.co/UBd9fSu1J6
Bergamodactylus is named after Bergamo province in Italy where it was found in the 1970s. #pterosaur #science #fossils https://t.co/YNvLG0koUs
New on Pteros: Carniadactylus lived about 215 million years ago near the northern shore of the ancient Tethys Ocean. #pterosaurs #fossils #science https://t.co/4eKpuu9uB9
Famous British paleontologist Richard Owen mistakenly identified Lonchodectes as Pterodactylus way back in 1851. This seems to have happened a lot. #pterosaur #fossils #science https://t.co/93epUzaQtU
Both fossil specimens of Prejanopterus show a snout curved to the left. If this is not distortion of the fossil, Prejanopterus is surely one of the weirdest #pterosaurs. #fossils #science https://t.co/OJgmPKFOga
The exceptional fossil of Beipiaopterus contains preserved skin with blood vessels that may have been used for regulation of body heat. #pterosaur #fossils #science https://t.co/3aOLdA5HCj