Famed paleontologist Richard Owen misidentified the Lonchodraco as Pterodactylus in the 1850s. https://t.co/OSK2nC3Mry

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Accomplishments of 2017 4: technical papers - produced with, and led by, co-authors - were published or submitted on facial anatomy of the theropod Neovenator, plesiosaur swimming mechanics, the palaeobiology of the giant pterosaur Hatzegopteryx, and more.

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This has also been a productive year for the team. We’re about 40 entries away from listing currently known pterosaurs!

If you haven't, follow our sister acc for more art!

In this tweet: Nathan E. Rogers, Vitor Silva, Antonin Jury (Pete’s pick)

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"Llámame... una retrospectiva pop a través del el y la sobre estos reptiles voladores a cargo de https://t.co/L9Bk24gUAt

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And because today is here is one of the Pterosaurs I’m preparing (WIP) for my book Tendaguripterus recki from the Tendaguru Fm, Late Jurassic Tanzania

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some portrait practice feat. 's Ptero 🔪

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Ya lo tengo ! El manual de la beta de les llama Dracoalados! (no está mal pero Pterowyverns era mejor) :P

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[HNK spoilers]

I'm glad they're all just going on a nice, fun vacation and not into certain death //pterodactyl screech/

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Pterosaur mothers carried their eggs inside their bodies until just before hatching. That gives their babies warmth & protection until they are ready to hatch. They could do this because they are lepidosaurs, as phylogenetic analysis & egg shell thickness and pliability tells us.

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Saltwater Fish (Vol.2)
-Black dragonfish (Idiacanthus atlanticus)
-Lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox)
-Scorpionfish (Scorpaena cardinalis)
-Volitan lionfish (Pterois volitans)

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Work + other things have kind of delayed my entries, but here are a few for days 13-15 (I'll return to 12, maybe):

Hide (Oryctodromeus), and the two non-dinosaurs that I've been wanting to draw, Fuzz (Pterorhynchus), and Fish (Foreyia)!

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More My slightly revised version of Eudimorphodon ranzii, a basal pterosaur from the Late Triassic, Zorzino Fm 🇮🇹

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An older unfinished project: dinosaur (and pterosaur :D ) trading card game.Never got the rules right.

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Alanqa was a pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous with a 6 metre wingspan!

(Credit: Joschua Knüppe)

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Factoid 2 - One large pterosaur, Hatzegopteryx, was prob a big predator, spending a lot of time grounded eating small dinos. Img

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here's a gif of a pterodactyl eating & enjoying

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New blog post: The appearance and lifestyle of Thalassodromeus sethi, one of the most awesome of all.
https://t.co/IxWpLI0D4l

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For of big azhdarchid pterosaurs, small azhdarchid pterosaurs, and azhdarchid tracks. That's good azhdarchid value.

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While I get stuff sorted out before Hurricane Irma gets here, I give you Pterodactylus antiquus Solnhofen Fm Germany

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The last known anurognathid lived in Cretaceous North Korea. https://t.co/E0GRmM99lb

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