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Oxfordian Fauna of the Shishugou Formation, Part 1: Kryptodrakon and Aorun.
Kryptodrakon is a smallish basal pterodactyloid, while Aorun was a likely basal Alvarezsauroid. Both were small, generalist feeders whose groups legacies will go on to produce myriad bizarre forms.
Newest #watercolor #paleoart commissioned for @EJR_Paleo’s research for @SVP_vertpaleo. #Sinraptor scaring #Guanlong off a young #Bellusaurus carcass. #Kryptodrakon in the air. #dinosaurs #scicomm 🦖
Kryptodrakon, from the Middle Jurassic of China, is the oldest #pterosaur of its kind. #science #fossils https://t.co/DBbfr61i1H