Rhamphorhynchus, meaning “prow beak”, is one of those iconic creatures which appears in practically every children’s book about prehistoric life. It was a pterosaur with a 6 foot wingspan which lived in Europe during the late Jurassic Period 150-145 million… Read More ›
Tropeognathus, meaning “keel jaw”, was a large pterosaur which lived in Brazil during the middle of the Cretaceous Period 112 million years ago. Tropeognathus was a member of a group of pterosaurs called the anhanguerids, named after the genus Anhanguera…. Read More ›
Uktenadactylus was a genus of pterosaur with a possible 25-30 foot wingspan which lived in North America and Europe during the early and middle Cretaceous Period 125-100 million years ago. In 1992, a man named Chris Wadleigh found the front… Read More ›
Wellnhopterus was a pterosaur which lived in Texas during the late Cretaceous Period 70-69 million years ago. On March 22-29, 1986, a paleontological excavation led by Dr. Wann Langston Jr. was underway at a place called Pterodactyl Ridge within the… Read More ›
Aetodactylus, meaning “eagle finger”, was a pterosaur which lived in Texas during the middle Cretaceous Period 96 million years ago. In 2006, workers at a construction site at Joe Pool Lake in Mansfield, Texas found a fossilized lower jaw from… Read More ›
Alamodactylus was a pterosaur which lived in Texas during the late Cretaceous Period 90 million years ago. A handful of fossils of this animal were found within the Atco Formation, which contains rocks dating to the Coniacian and Santonian Stages… Read More ›
Pteranodon, whose name means “winged and toothless”, was a pterosaur which inhabited the center of North America during the late Cretaceous Period 86-79 million years ago. Fossils of this iconic prehistoric flying reptile have been found in South Dakota, Kansas,… Read More ›
Quetzalcoatlus was a massive pterosaur which lived in North America at the end of the Cretaceous Period 72-66 million years ago. Fossils of it were first discovered in 1971 within the Javelina Formation of Big Bend National Park, Texas within… Read More ›
Anhanguera was a pterosaur which lived in Brazil during the middle Cretaceous Period 98-92 million years ago. Fossils have been found within the Romualdo Formation of Brazil’s Araripe Basin. Anhanguera is the namesake member of the pterosaur family Anhangueridae, which… Read More ›
Introduction Cimoliopterus was pterosaur with a supposed wingspan of 16 feet or thereabouts, which inhabited Europe and North America during the middle of the Cretaceous Period approximately 100-94 million years ago. There are presently two species of this pterosaur genus:… Read More ›
DINOSAURS AND BARBARIANS 