THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, written by Dr Dean Lomax and illustrated by Bob Nicholls Art, is OUT NOW!

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My most controversial opinion is that "pterodactyl" is a perfectly reasonable general term for pterosaurs.

"But I can't tell if you're referring to pterodactylus, pterodactyloids, or pterosaurs in general?!"

It means the third one. I guarantee that most people who use the word "pterodactyl" do not know about pterosaur cladistics, so it just means flappy prehistoric thing, and is therefore most reasonably interpretted as a catch-all term.

#pterosaurs #pterodactyls

Thank you Professor Alice Roberts, Dean and I are delighted you enjoyed reading “The SECRET LIVES of DINOSAURS” (written by Dr Dean Lomax and illustrated by @BobNicholls) is OUT NOW.

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last year's feature on reconstructions of how #animals of the deep past moved, eg how #pterosaurs were able to fly, is now in the #OpenArchives. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/10/flapping-pterosaurs.html
#science #evolution #FreeAccess #biomechanics #movement
flapping pterosaurs

Today's issue of Current Biology is a special theme issue on physics and biology, so there's lots of exciting stuff there from this particu...

Each November, Pterorhynchus populations would suddenly shrink.
Researchers believe the dinosaurs of the Jurassic were mass hunting them as an act of gratitude.

Image source:
https://www.pteros.com/pterosaurs/pterorhynchus.html

#pterosaurs #reptiles #prehistoric #animals #animalfacts
Aussiedraco was named due to its ability to breathe fire, which it used to burn all of the fucking spiders in its nest.

Image source:
https://www.pteros.com/pterosaurs/aussiedraco.html

#pterosaurs #reptiles #prehistoric #animals #animalfacts
Of all known species of flying vertebrae to ever exist, Nyctosaurus had the best TV reception.

Image source:
https://www.pteros.com/pterosaurs/nyctosaurus.html

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#MISSION #COMIC SERIES
DOWN OF #Pterosaurs #dinosaurs
#Adventure comic series=page 4

in TAR TAR #Aerospace center-#tartar

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Took lot of hardwork, time and make, design these
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various toothy #pterosaurs I always find them particularly difficult to restore without making them look monstrous, the tooth/beak/lip coverage is hard to wrap my head around.

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context: I wanted to included this pic from an old spiderman comic, but sadly mastodon doesn't allow both an image and a poll in the same toot! How rude.

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#dinosaurs
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