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Like Pterosaurs? Like the Jurassic Period? Like me rambling? I'll be talking about evolution of non-pterodactyloid pterosaurs this #TetZooMCon, along with plethora of whos-whos of zoo/palaeo & palaeoart world! Sign up: https://t.co/ejE0qyevIT
I might do a non-pterodactyloid-pterosaur-a-week drawing challenge. So I can create a big composite stack. Which one should I draw next? (also, do feel free to bash on my work - technique, style and accuracy)(I need some constructive criticism to take in with every drawing)
This is a big deal because, in > 200 years of research, we've never had any hints about how non-pterodactyloids walked. All trackways known to date belong to pterodactyloids: short-tailed, long-armed pterosaurs of Late Jurassic and Cretaceous age. (Walking azhdarchids pictured)
New 'holy-grail' pterosaur paper by Jean-Michel Mazin and Joane Pouech announcing a new ichnotaxon, Rhamphichnus. That's right: we finally have non-pterodactyloid pterosaur tracks, and textbooks need rewriting. Yes. (My #paleoart of it below). https://t.co/wSLSwvdfHV
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@TetZoo @SerpenIllus @Dave_Hone Probably my best non-pterodactyloids in flight to date, if it helps. Shows what we've been discussing here as goes flight leg and toe posing.
The heads of several extinct pterodactyloids.
(Credit: Julio Lacerda)