New #Triassic #fossil features sharp claws and a beak
Non-flying precursor to #pterosaurs shared the Earth with the first #dinosaurs. Venetoraptor gassenae is the name of this new species of #lagerpetid, that lived about 230mya in #Brazil. The beak appears to be without teeth, although they may not have been preserved. Team suggests it could use it to eat hard fruit or tear flesh from prey. In extant birds, beaks help with vocalization, thermoregulation, & sexual display
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/08/new-triassic-fossil-features-sharp-claws-and-a-nasty-beak/

Best #pterosaurs:

Anurognathus, the flying muppet!
Hatzegopteryx, the T. rex of the skies!
Kunpengopterus, the grabby goblin berd!
Pterodaustro, the baleen flamingo!
Caiuajara, ummm don't have a fancy name I just like their crest-shape...

My take on Scleromochlus by paleoartist Gabriel Ugueto. Exciting times as we're finding more and more basal archosaurs that lead to both dinosaurs and pterosaurs.

#archosaurs #paleoart #dinosaurs #pterosaurs #procreateart

A look at what is probably a precursor of the flying pterosaurs.

""It was relatively small compared to the giants that would follow it later in Earth’s history. With a hip height of approximately 0.3 meters (about a foot) and a length of perhaps a meter (roughly three feet), this ancient reptile existed long before the evolution of the pterosaurs most of us recognize."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/08/new-triassic-fossil-features-sharp-claws-and-a-nasty-beak/

#Science #Palaeontology #Pterosaurs #Fossils

New Triassic fossil features sharp claws and a nasty beak - Enlarge / Artist's conception of the newly found species. (credit: Math... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1961156 #paleontology #pterosaurs #evolution #science #fossils

Ars Technica: New Triassic fossil features sharp claws and a nasty beak https://arstechnica.com/?p=1961156 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #paleontology #pterosaurs #evolution #Science #fossils

#Pterosaurs are so cool but the name sounds like a cheap knock-off of #dinosaurs. Like Digimon vs Pokemon, or Gobots vs Transformers, or Mega blocks vs Lego. I attribute their comparative unpopularity to this branding disaster!

#Laundry #Humor #Pterosaurs

#NewPaper #Paleontology #Pterosaurs #Taphonomy

Roy E. Smith, David M. Martill, Nick Longrich, David M. Unwin, Nizar Ibrahim & Samir Zouhri (2023)
Comparative taphonomy of Kem Kem Group (Cretaceous) pterosaurs of southeast Morocco
Evolving Earth 100006
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eve.2023.100006
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950117223000067

Pterosaurs have always been some of my favorite #archosaurs. It's a shame they didn't survive along with birds, as they would have given us an interesting way to compare flight mechanics between both groups.

#pterosaurs #paleoart #paleontology

#NewPaper #Paleontology #Pterosaurs

Hone, David W.E., Lauer, René, Lauer, Bruce, and Spindler, Frederik. 2023. Petrodactyle wellnhoferi gen. et sp. nov.: A new and large ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of Germany. Palaeontologia Electronica, 26(2):a25.
https://doi.org/10.26879/1251
palaeo-electronica.org/content/2023/3878-a-new-solnhofen-pterosaur

#NewPaper #Paleontology #Pterosaurs

João Lucas da Silva, Felipe Lima Pinheiro, Mateus Anilson Costa Santos & Maurício Garcia (2023)
DE GALHO EM GALHO — LAGERPETIDAE & A ORIGEM DOS PTEROSSAUROS
[Leaping from branch to branch - Lagerpetidae and the origin of pterosaurs]
Paleontologia Em Destaque - Boletim Informativo Da Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia 37 (77): 70-85 (in Portuguese)
doi: https://doi.org/10.4072/paleodest.2022.37.77.04

It's #PterosaurPtuesday, and I've got a new #painting for you: Anurognathus, Portrait of Bug Gobbler.

https://johnconway.art/anurognathus_portrait

#art #pterosaurs #pterodactyls

This book has some amazing drawings and details. I highly recommend it. Can anyone else recommend any good pterosaur books?
#pterosaurs #paleoart #paleontology

I've seen plenty of depictions of tranosaurus but no ptranodons. Need more pride pterosaurs, please! #pterosaurs #pride #trans

A new picture! Quetzalcoatlus, demonstrating pterodactyls superiority over theropods.

#art #PtherosaurThursday #pterosaurs

#NewPaper #Paleontology #Pterosaurs

JI Shuan, ZHANG Lijun & LU Fang (2023)
A new species of chaoyangopterid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous in western Liaoning, People’s Republic of China
Acta Geologica Sinica (advance online publication)
DOI: 10.19762/j.cnki.dizhixuebao.2023322
http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxbe/dzxbe/article/abstract/2023201

pterosaurs are not recommended, and nodosaurs love a good scrubbing: Marc Vincent does a great review of a classic book on keeping extinct animals:

https://chasmosaurs.com/2023/06/08/vintage-dinosaur-art-how-to-keep-dinosaurs-part-2/

#pterosaurs
#dinosaurs

finally listened to the latest episode of Terrible Lizards podcast, hosted by @dave_hone and Iszi Lawrence.

A great overview of Dave Hone's new paper on the sterna of 60+(?) different species of pterosaurs, huge variation in pterosaur sterna, and why that is weird.

paper: https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2023/3813-the-sternum-of-pterosaurs

blog article: https://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2023/04/20/everything-you-didnt-think-to-ask-about-the-pterosaur-sternum-and-were-afraid-to-ask/

podcast: https://terriblelizards.libsyn.com/tls09e05-a-sternum-talking-to

shoutout to @SkyeMcDavid for doing all the wonderful illustrations of sterna in the paper.

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#pterosaurs
#sternum
#flight

News from the world of flying dinosaurs

#Pterosaurs

#DinosaurCoveOtways

Giant flying reptiles revealed to have soared Australia’s skies 107m years ago

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/31/giant-flying-reptiles-revealed-to-have-soared-australias-skies-107m-years-ago?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other