Working on my PhD chapter, started questioning validity of claim that all Solnhofen Rhamphorhynchus being R. muensteri, especially R. longiceps. I know there are ontogenic and preservational changes, but, ignoring the size discrepancy, the cranium is just... relatively triangular

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this morning's extremely messy warmup, a rhamphorhynchus doing a morning stretch

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Sketched a Rhamphorhynchus this morning. I need to go back and draw more animals. Feeling rusty as hell.

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Ferdinand sailed with botanist Robert Brown to on the voyage of the Investigator. Leaving Spithead in 1801 under the command of Matthew Flinders, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate Australia. Ornithorhynchus anatinus, platypus
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For I'll share one of my favourite fossils:
Rhamphorhynchus flies over water.
Snap! Catches a fish.
Then (there's always a bigger fish) SNAP! get's caught by a Aspidorhynchus leaping out the water! But it's too chewy, entangles with the teeth! Oh no, all die!

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To help us forget about politics, here's some Rhamphorhynchus muensteri The 3 big animals are based on the largest known (1.8 m wingspan) muensteri specimen, which was once thought to be a unique species. Turns out it's just a really large adult.

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is based on specifically a family of toothed as opposed to Picture Aerodactyl as a giant horned rhamphorhynchus. Artwork by .

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Ornithorhynchus anatinus, platypus (Ferdinand A semi-aquatic mammal found in eastern Australia. It is 1 of 5 species of monotremes, the only egg-laying mammals. The first Europeans to encounter them were bemused by its beaver-like body and duck's bill

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Highlights from the Stenonychosaurus, Shringasaurus and Rhamphorhynchus.

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The I created for 's brand new rhamphorhynchid taxon Klobiodon rochei. This was a big animal for the Middle Jurassic with a 2 m wingspan, a robust jaw and some awesome teeth. Read about it (and more about Mike's work) here: https://t.co/11uIsQegzp

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The western spinebill (Acanthorhynchus superciliosus) and the tawny-crowned honeyeater (Gliciphila melanops) for by Henrik Grönvold from v. 11 (1923-24) of "The Birds of Australia". In via ➡️ https://t.co/BOPDxvKRxW

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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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rhamphorhynchus is today´s entry for . Such an ugly ugly pterosaur!

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