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Volgadraco is a Late Cretaceous azhdarchid pterosaur from Russia's Volga River valley. https://t.co/Ltq4YQpwiR

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2019-07-04

Elanodactylus has some unique skeletal features among pterosaurs and evolved long neck vertebrae convergent with another group, the azhdarchids. https://t.co/PyfxWV07cv

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2019-05-29

Sketches for Maraapunisaurus, Ambopteryx, Haasiophis (vs Azhdarchid) and Giganotosaurus

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2019-05-12

It's leaping foward or launching, usually it would walk on all fours like here (art by Mark Witton). Azhdarchids generally had long hindlimbs fitting their lifestyle.

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2019-05-09

Alanqa is one of only two azhdarchid pterosaurs from North Africa. https://t.co/7w3FzElZkw

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2019-04-21

Here’s the “implausible eye position”. My guess is that he doesn’t know what an Azhdarchid skull looks like, because I drew the eye in exactly the right place. As well, the “excessively speculative” Caryosyntrips and the Volgadraco with the “implausibly large ear”.

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2019-04-10

That’s true, but compare it to the monster neck of an Azhdarchid like Arambourgiania, the biggest living thing to ever fly. (Art by

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2019-03-18

I just took part on It's been quite a while since I participated in one. I'm still getting the feeling for quick sketches like these, not exactly great
1) Azhdarcho fishing at dawn in a brackish lake
2) Three Sachicasaurus approach the water's surface

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2019-02-18

Elanodactylus has some unique skeletal features among pterosaurs and evolved long neck vertebrae convergent with another group, the azhdarchids. https://t.co/PyfxWV07cv

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2019-01-24

Arambourgiania philadelphiae fue un enorme pterosaurio de la familia Azhdarchidae que vivió durante el Cretácico tardío. Su envergadura alar llegaba a los 10m y su cuello medía unos 3m. Recreaciones de

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2019-01-16

In 2013, myself and colleagues named the new azhdarchoid pterosaur Vectidraco daisymorrisae, known only for a small pelvis and some vertebrae. It had been discovered on the Isle of Wight by 5-yr-old Daisy Morris. The paper is https://t.co/wKAqf5RPPe

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2018-11-29

Just finished Arambourgiania, the other end of the azhdarchid ecological and morphological spectrum opposite Hatzegopteryx. It may look ungainly, but keep in mind that head is a lot lighter than it looks.

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2018-11-14

Lol. It's got a short neck for its family, the azhdarchids. That's Hatzegopteryx on the right (art by Mark Witton)

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2018-11-12

Just completed a reconstruction of the giant short-necked azhdarchid Hatzegopteryx! A giant, terrestrial apex predator from the Late Cretaceous of Romania. I primarily referenced the PeerJ article by and

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2018-11-11

New species from South of France: Mistralazhdarcho maggii https://t.co/OlEkhcHg2k Pterosaurs are extinct flying reptiles. This youngster's wings stretched out to about 4,5 m, and could go up to 6 m later in life. Not bad eh? Same family as Quetzalcoatlus!

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2018-10-20

Highlights from the
Exploding Futalongnkosaurus, Tarbosaurus and giant Mongol Azhdarchid, Omeisaurus and Lystrosaurus.

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2018-08-19

Designing the dragon (a.k.a. an azhdarchid-pterosaur-that’d-one-day-evolve-into-quetzalcoatlus) for the dinosaur project thingy. I think I like it now?

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2018-04-18

Almost forgot here's some of azhdarchid pterosaurs wandering over a riverbank, seen from above. Their pacing matches that of the azhdarchid ichnofossil, Haenamichnus, one of the only pterosaur tracks with an ID beyond 'pterosaur indet'.

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2018-04-14

For here's my take on the mid-sized azhdarchoid Thalassodromeus. There's some neat features on the skull of this animal which probably relate to facial tissues - I wrote about them at my blog not so long ago: https://t.co/IxWpLHJ1FL

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2018-04-06