Do you know those terrible looking flightless pterosaurs from World of Kong? I think they are more serviceable as an evolved version of the flappy handed aquatic compsognathus paleoart meme.

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You know what?! You really just might!
I remember when pterosaurs looked like this, and as a kid I really disliked them because of it . But now, with a more realistic and believable design, I adore them a lot!

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Those are very obviously just regular, placeholder CG birds. Aside from one flightless species, canonically there are no flying pterosaurs on the 2005 Skull Island. The animals seen many times in the background during the film are likely just seagulls.

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giving her talk on “The Rise & Demise Of Non-Pterodactyloid Pterosaurs”.

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Nearly the last call for happening tomorrow from 4pm UK-time. Talks on creature design, extinct a British big cat discussion event, a social event (bring your own drinks!) AND MORE. Book here: https://t.co/Dkp9p9Bzgf

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Support for our hypothesis of evolutionary relationships comes from across the entire skeleton, and also from neuroanatomical information. Lagerpetids were prob. quite active animals, possibly arboreal & their sensory capabilities might have paved the way for pterosaurs 4/9

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Like Pterosaurs? Like the Jurassic Period? Like me rambling? I'll be talking about evolution of non-pterodactyloid pterosaurs this along with plethora of whos-whos of zoo/palaeo & palaeoart world! Sign up: https://t.co/ejE0qyevIT

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ONE WEEK until our Zoom-based meeting, happening Sat 12th Dec 2020. Talks on extinct creature design, a British big cat event, and a HUGE session (with limited places). Schedule and tickets here: https://t.co/Dkp9p9Bzgf

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Say what you wanna say about Avatar. But its space pterosaurs were real neat.

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

(Credit: Mark Witton)

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I think this idea is worth considering, probably only for small pterosaurs though https://t.co/bqXVg1aQoL

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Some pterosaurs do not feel real - Zhenyuanopterus

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Maybe not dinosaurs... but pterosaurs... lots of pterosaurs.

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Also reminds me of the flightless pterosaurs from Peter Jackson's King Kong, only seen in the art book.

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Coding some of crazy Yixian pterosaurs, adorable Pangupterus is one of them

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& - how & when did feathers evolve?

fluffy pterosaurs reignite the debate...

: https://t.co/OHTOYzbbkE

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30. Arcosaurios de la Formación Chinle, en el O de EEUU (Triásico Superior, 220 Maños). En el Triásico los arcosaurios tuvieron una gran diversificación, dando origen a dinosaurios, pterosaurs y cocodrilos, entre otros

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I'm just thinking about NMS pterosaur - I love how some pterosaurs are nicely preserved with wings neatly tucked, and some look like they've been taken out of washing machine and driven over by 4x4 truck.

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Plus, we still have compelling evidence of gigantic, 8-9 m wingspan toothy sea-going pterosaurs. Next to azhdarchids, they're the biggest pterosaurs of all - there's plenty of real science on these guys to get excited about. (Average-sized 5-ish m wingspan Cimoliopterus below.)

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