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Results from the first of the new year! Dakosaurus, Arthurdactylus, Talpanas (the mole duck)...

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2019-01-05

The three sketches of tonights Domeykodactylus (for ), Duchesneodus and

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2018-12-29

Pterosaurs had FEATHERS!?! In a 🌟NEW🌟 study released in : Ecology and Evolution today shows that two anurognathid fossils found in China had primitive feathers to help keep them warm just like many

Learn more: https://t.co/KPb5Xpk3gX

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2018-12-17

Oh man this is so cool, pterosaurs with feathers!! https://t.co/6rCPMK41fG

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2018-12-17

New paper out with and on sharks eating pterosaurs. Artwork by Mark, obviously. https://t.co/iv3w0o7guD

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2018-12-14

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

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

This is Orville, a character from my K: BTS AU and a member of the Dracomatter Squad. He is a Pteromatter, a Dracomatter variant that is themed after pterosaurs. Orville is the group's aerial attack specialist. He is named after Orville Wright of the Wright Brothers.

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2018-10-19

I was very excited to try my hand at the age-old trope of mosasaurs snatching pterosaurs. Probably not gonna work out well for you Pteranodon buddy. Its okay, giant lizards are way cooler than bird-bats with man bodies.

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2018-10-14

For so here is a reconstruction of a foraging mob of Dimorphodon macronyx I did for my upcoming book. It is also one of my three works currently on display at the Picturing The Past exhibition

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2018-10-09

The fossilized skeletons of pterosaurs - which look quite different from any extant flying vertebrate - baffled many early palaeontologists. One early theory suggested that pterosaurs were flying marsupials.

(Credit below)

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2018-10-01

See, dsungaripterids aren't that ugly, after all. Meet Lonchognathosaurus. https://t.co/aGv8TYhN9S

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2018-09-26

Sketches of flappy things.

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2018-08-26

Highlights from the pterosaur Aymberedactylus, Istiodactylus, Normannognathus, Sordes.

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2018-08-18

Finally finished this of Rhamphorhynchus mobbing behaviour - three big adults chase a juvenile for its fish prey. The scene is a complete reworking of the opening image from my 2013 book 'Pterosaurs'. There are lots of other images in that book I'd like to redo.

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2018-08-13

Giant Pterosaurs are the coolest animals ever

1000x scary than a T-Rex because it can swoop on you like a hawk

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2018-08-09

Had a great time chatting with yesterday who kindly offered to make some very much appreciated comments and suggestions on my reconstructions of We had a really interesting conversation!

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2018-08-03