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Don't be fooled by its name, Eopteranodon is not closely related to the other more popular pterosaur with a similar name. It's one of the earliest known toothless pterosaurs. https://t.co/NouIhlRzSA
The only fossil specimen of this Early Cretaceous pterosaur shows it biting its wing, a result of separation of body parts prior to fossilization. https://t.co/wjF3nfO634
Pterosaur feathers
by @JoschuaKnuppe
Pterosaurs are known to have been covered in hair-like pycnofibers. Two specimens of anurognathids show that some pycnofibers were brush- or tuft-shaped and probably share an evolutionary origin with feathers.
https://t.co/t8rAmwEbQq
Did some icons for BoB critters. These are Tropeognathus, a medium sized pterosaur, and Zupaysaurus. #dinosaurs #dinosaurArt #tropeognathus #pterosaur #BeastsofBermuda #BoB #CAFEkatArt #digitalArt #clipStudioPaint #zupaysaurus
Longchengpterus, a slight tongue-twister of a genus, was the first istiodactylid pterosaur named from China. https://t.co/kQjVXV5gWn
Volgadraco is a Late Cretaceous azhdarchid pterosaur from Russia's Volga River valley. https://t.co/Ltq4YQpwiR
Douzhanopterus is a transitional pterosaur between wukongopterids and the more derived short-tailed pterosaurs. https://t.co/Jg2Wsg2IL5
Results from the #paleostream
Europejara, Kopidodon, Placodus and Mawsonia #paleoart #sciart #animals #art #pterosaurs
A #FossilFriday #paleoart post to sum up my week: pterosaurs pterosaurs pterosaurs pterosaurs pterosaurs pterosaurs pterosaurs pterosaurs pterosaurs pterosaurs pterosaurs pterosaurs pterosaurs pterosaurs pterosaurs pterosaurs pterosaurs pterosaurs pterosaurs pterosaurs pterosaurs
Yi qi is a dinosaur that evolved flight seperately from birds (& is unrelated to pterosaurs), with both feathers & bat-like wings.
(Credit: Emily Willoughby)
Scaphognathus crassirostris was a small pterosaur from Late Jurassic Germany. It had a wingspan of just 90 cm!
(Credit: @SerpenIllus)
Very interesting, from @physorg_com : "New research, led by the University of Bristol, suggests that feathers arose 100 million years before birds—changing how we look at #dinosaurs, birds, and pterosaurs, the flying reptiles." https://t.co/4214ojSu2L
I've been thinking a lot about pterosaurs this week, so here's #paleoart of two Thalassodromeus for #FossilFriday. Thalassodromeus had a very odd skull, even for a pterosaur: weird jaws, huge crest, and expanded jaw muscle space.
"Extinct Animals", el delicioso libro ilustrado de Hilary Stebbing publicado por @PenguinBooks en 1946 sobre animales del pasado https://t.co/4f86tUkwJf #dinosaur #pterosaur #book
Some things for class, these are studies of a made up animal that I based off of a bat, puffin, and pterosaur. They use a form of sonar to fly and locate prey and receive the signal with their head crests.
Want to make a pterosaur weathervane? Try Jianchangnathus. Just don't forget the teeth. https://t.co/Uvoq6xX4xT
Elanodactylus has some unique skeletal features among pterosaurs and evolved long neck vertebrae convergent with another group, the azhdarchids. https://t.co/PyfxWV07cv
Pangupterus, described in 2016, is a pterosaur from the Jiufotang of China. It sports an incredibly long, slender beak studded with teeth near the tip. https://t.co/paU2pLeWe8
Cretaceous Romania was a wild place. This pterosaur, along with its two kin, ruled the roost of Hateg Island. https://t.co/3VRuOyG8nw