The Lagerstätten of Lebanon have provided some truly beautiful fossils. This is of one of the more charismatic species: Mimodactylus libanensis. It had Strikingly long wings and teeth only in the front of the snout. Images from Kellner et al., art by

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Pterosaur feature!

Middle East is sadly not known for well-preserved pterosaur remains. Mimodactylus libanensis is an exception! Described in 2019, it is an almost completely preserved Istiodactylid pterosaur from Lebanon 🇱🇧 with ability to crush shells!

🎨Julius T. Csotonyi

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Mimodactylus, aka looooong wings. Got more detailed than usual with this one, and gave it a fun little fleshy crest seeing as that's something I've not done with a pterosaur before.

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Results from the
Lajasvenator, Helodermoides, Squatinactis and Mimodactylus

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Today is and a new pterosaur species comes to light! Welcome to libanensis. Follow here our publication in : https://t.co/iSAKySWsDc

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