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I did this recon of Cryodrakon a while back but I realized I never showed it. Cryodrakon was a large Azhdarchid pterosaur from late Cretaceous North America. I like to call these large azhdarchids Gitaffe-storks. And yes, yes they could fly.

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2020-07-21

Hatzegopteryx was a large, robust azhdarchid pterosaur who most definitely preyed on probably anything it could seize with its beak with! Though bones are currently only known from Romania (Hateg), it is possible that they roamed throughout other parts of the world!

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2020-07-10

A wandering I finally got some toned mixed media paper; now I can employ some of the paint I have to play with.
I’ve finally become the PAINT paddock.

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2020-05-09

Rooting through old files yesterday I found azhdarchid artwork from the first two years of my PhD (2005-2006). The wading scenes reflect what and I figured azhdarchids did before originating 'terrestrial stalking'. The skim-feeding image was not in support of the idea.

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2020-04-08

I got a Lil azhdarchidae pterosaur if you wanna draw this boi ^^

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2020-03-27

Happy to see another addition to the 'terrestrial stalking eats baby sauropod' meme, initiated by . And check out these fantastic feathered

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2020-03-27

The landstriders from the Dark Crystal show extensive propatagium...is it possible they evolved from flying ancestor, similar to how speculative flightless pterosaurs could have evolved from azhdarchids?

Landstrider by Glaiceana from Deviantart
Azhdarchids by

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2020-03-28

Perspective drawing featuring azhdarchid pterosaurs

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2020-03-08

2700 people, hello! Here’s a new piece; Aerotitan sudamericanus, a medium-sized Azhdarchid pterosaur from South America. Wanted to try out different stuff with this one. The pterosaur is drawn only with a low opacity “pencil” brush.

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2020-02-18

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)

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2020-01-16

Watching a documentary on Azhdarchids and thought, wow, that would be terrifying.
Referenced images were used for these .
Maybe some ancient race out in Vacuo?

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2020-01-14

For here's some of the newly-named azhdarchid Cryodrakon made several years before the specimen was named. The two older images here are from 2009 (a whole decade ago!) and the newer, prettier version is from 2016.

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2019-11-01

They look like weirdly shaped azhdarchids

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2019-10-30

Volgadraco is a Late Cretaceous azhdarchid pterosaur from Russia's Volga River valley. https://t.co/Ltq4YQpwiR

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2019-07-04

Elanodactylus has some unique skeletal features among pterosaurs and evolved long neck vertebrae convergent with another group, the azhdarchids. https://t.co/PyfxWV07cv

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2019-05-29

Sketches for Maraapunisaurus, Ambopteryx, Haasiophis (vs Azhdarchid) and Giganotosaurus

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2019-05-12

It's leaping foward or launching, usually it would walk on all fours like here (art by Mark Witton). Azhdarchids generally had long hindlimbs fitting their lifestyle.

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2019-05-09

Alanqa is one of only two azhdarchid pterosaurs from North Africa. https://t.co/7w3FzElZkw

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2019-04-21

Here’s the “implausible eye position”. My guess is that he doesn’t know what an Azhdarchid skull looks like, because I drew the eye in exactly the right place. As well, the “excessively speculative” Caryosyntrips and the Volgadraco with the “implausibly large ear”.

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2019-04-10

That’s true, but compare it to the monster neck of an Azhdarchid like Arambourgiania, the biggest living thing to ever fly. (Art by

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2019-03-18