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Nyctosaurus lamegoi was the 1st pterosaur discovered in at 1953. I took this photo of N.lamegoi 3 days after the fire of the . It was a glimmer of hope albeit we still don't know how collections are. Nyctosaurus illustration by

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2018-09-14

Hongshanopterus is named for the Neolithic Hongshan Culture of China whose people lived more than 5,000 years ago. https://t.co/sVM12BlqA2

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2018-09-12

Renowned paleontologist Sir Richard Owen named Coloborhynchus back in 1874. https://t.co/uq6i8sofdC

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2018-09-05

Companion • Brush experimentation. Garbage composition and nonsense rig.

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2018-08-27

Sketches of flappy things.

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2018-08-26

Yixianopterus is a mysterious from a strange group of flying reptiles known as the lonchodectids. https://t.co/xQ45aOqT3l

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2018-08-22

Results from the basement test Mecochirus and Tupaxuara.

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2018-08-21

Highlights from the pterosaur Aymberedactylus, Istiodactylus, Normannognathus, Sordes.

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2018-08-18

For here's of uberfamous pterosaur Pteranodon on a rock. The depicted species is Pteranodon longiceps under the generally accepted scheme of Pteranodon nomenclature, but others would class this as Pteranodon sp. 1/n

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2018-08-17

Finally finished this of Rhamphorhynchus mobbing behaviour - three big adults chase a juvenile for its fish prey. The scene is a complete reworking of the opening image from my 2013 book 'Pterosaurs'. There are lots of other images in that book I'd like to redo.

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2018-08-13

The BBC has just written a whole article about the giant pterosaur Arambourgiania, inspired by my blog post from a few years back: "The winged giant that was bigger than T. Rex" https://t.co/qsyINteWiU. Features comments and from me, and additional input from .

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2018-08-11

Giant Pterosaurs are the coolest animals ever

1000x scary than a T-Rex because it can swoop on you like a hawk

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2018-08-09

Had a great time chatting with yesterday who kindly offered to make some very much appreciated comments and suggestions on my reconstructions of We had a really interesting conversation!

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2018-08-03

Second entry, a pterodaustro beak piercing through the shallow waters of the mangroves

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2018-08-02

A male Pterosaur (unspecified species) using its teeth to filter feed, eating plankton and shrimp. It uses the bioluminescence from the shrimp to colour its neck pouch a bright glowing green, which he uses to impress females with at night.
https://t.co/3CViLQi2DG

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2018-08-02

Scientists named Alamodactylus after, you guessed it, the Texas symbol of independence otherwise known as the Alamo. https://t.co/u5Ek8DxNge

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2018-08-01

Austriadraco is a basal from the Triassic Period of Austria. https://t.co/UBd9fSu1J6

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2018-07-26

WIP. The morning after a bad storm in the coast of Cuba during the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian). A dead Gallardosaurus has been washed up shore. Several Cacibupteyx and Nesodactylus, although normally piscivorous, are checking it out

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2018-07-18