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The closest animals were the pterosaurs, whose name literally translates to "winged lizard"

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2018-06-17

He’s finally here, after years of speculation, dashed hopes, and many heated debates about the canonical size of a space pterodactyl dragon pirate in a crossover where the Wii Fit Trainer fights Sonic

Good times

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2018-06-15

Have spent a lot of this week working on a new Jurassic marine life mural (will be released soon), so here's for on the same theme: Jurassic ichthyosaur Ophthalmosaurus, plus bonus pterosaurs.

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2018-06-08

Bergamodactylus is named after Bergamo province in Italy where it was found in the 1970s. https://t.co/YNvLG0koUs

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2018-06-06

Here are a few of the 30+ Pterosaur species that will appear in my book “Journey To The Mesozoic”: Campylognathoides, Alkaruen, Darwinopterus, Archaeoistiodactylus, Qinglongopterus, Cycnorhamphus & Ctenochasma

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2018-06-05

Arambourgiania was one of the largest pterosaurs, with a wingspan of up to 13 metres!

(Credit: Mark Witton)

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2018-05-29

Pteranodon soars over a Cretaceous beach...#pterosaur

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2018-05-28

Our models of how pterosaurs flew may be all wrong, contends a new study: https://t.co/T4biOVTAS3

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2018-05-25

New on Pteros: Carniadactylus lived about 215 million years ago near the northern shore of the ancient Tethys Ocean. https://t.co/4eKpuu9uB9

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2018-05-23

Yixian pterosaurs //

This formation in China is among the richest known site for Cretaceous Period fossils all over the world. It was a lakeside environment with a number of feathered dinosaurs and a variety of pterosaurs that fed on fish.

https://t.co/n5IwBL3H36

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2018-05-21

It's a bird! It's a hamster! ... It's a... Kumo? Meet Kumo, a pinkopteropotatocricetulus! It's quite a handful (and mouthful), but we'll keep you posted on how to care for it ~

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2018-05-14

Famous British paleontologist Richard Owen mistakenly identified Lonchodectes as Pterodactylus way back in 1851. This seems to have happened a lot. https://t.co/93epUzaQtU

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2018-05-09

Vivíamos en una mentira, pero nos ha abierto los ojos. Los nachos no son la víctima: ¡son unos seres chupópteros desalmados! (pero qué ricos, ¿eh?)
https://t.co/SFDQTUlNat

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2018-05-06

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 https://t.co/OJgmPKFOga

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2018-04-19

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

The exceptional fossil of Beipiaopterus contains preserved skin with blood vessels that may have been used for regulation of body heat. https://t.co/3aOLdA5HCj

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2018-04-11

Quick layout on Spotfin lionfish: Pterois antennata. There might well be some typos in this!

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2018-04-11