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Flying
Reptiles Division
Pterosaurs ( meaning "winged lizard"), often referred to as pterodactyls,
(meaning "winged finger") were flying reptiles of the clade or order Pterosauria.
They existed from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous Period (220 to
65.5 million years ago). Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to evolve powered
flight.
Class:
Sauropsida
Subclass:
Diapsida
Infraclass:
Archosauromorpha
Order:
Pterosauria
Suborder:
Pterodactyloidea
Family:
Ornithocheiridae
Genus:
Ornithocheirus
Image Code FR949 |
Catalogue No.: FR949
Description:
Ornithocheirus model.
Size: 2530mm wingspan. |
Superfamily:
Ornithocheiroidea
Family:
Pteranodontidae
Genus:
Pteranodon
Image Code FR950
Image Code FR950a |
Catalogue No.: FR950
Description:
Pteranodon model.
Size: 3855mm wingspan. |
Suborder:
Pterodactyloidea
Superfamily:
Azhdarchoidea
Genus:
Thalassodromeus
Image Code FR951 |
Catalogue No.: FR951
Description:
Crested Pterosaur Skeleton.
Size: 2820mm wingspan. |
Image Code FR1016 |
Catalogue No.: FR1016
Description:
Crested Pterosaur Skeleton.
Size: 2820mm wingspan. |
Superfamily:
Ornithocheiroidea
Family:
Pteranodontidae
Genus:
Pteranodon
Image Code FR952 |
Catalogue No.: FR952
Description:
Female Pteranodon Skeleton.
Size: 3500mm wingspan. |
Family:
Dsungaripterida
Image Code F3430 |
Catalogue No.: F3430
Description:
Pterosaur maxilla
similar species to
Dsungaripterus. South Dakota, USA.
This is a rare and valuable specimen.
Size: 210 x 45mm. |
Image Code FR609 |
Catalogue No.: FR609
Description:
Pterosaur Skull.
Dsungaripterus
brancai.
Dsungaripterus
("Wing of Junggar Basin") was a
genus of
pterosaur
with an average wingspan of 3 metres (10 feet). It lived during the
Early Cretaceous,
ranging from China, where the first fossils were found in the Junngar Basin,
to Africa, where more remains have been found. The closely related
pterosaur,
Phobetor parvus,
was once originally assigned to this genus.
Size: 470 X 140mm. |
Image Code FR166 |
Catalogue No.: FR166
Description:
Pterosaur Skull and Jaw. Pterodaustro
guinazui (type). Pterodaustro was a
Cretaceous pterosaur from South America, living 140 million years ago.
Pterodaustro had a wingspan of 133 centimeters (52 in), and possessed about
1,000 tall, narrow bristle like teeth, which presumably were used in
filter-feeding, much like modern flamingos. It had many bristle-like
structures on its jaw that might have been used to strain crustaceans,
plankton, algae, and other small creatures from the water. It probably
either waded in shallow water like flamingos, straining food, or possibly
skim over the water while flying, using its beak like a basket. Once it
caught its food, Pterodaustro probably mashed it with its small globular
teeth from its upper jaw.
Size: L310mm. |
Suborder:
Rhamphorhynchoidea
Family:
Rhamphorhynchidae
Genus:
Rhamphorhynchus
Image Code FR208 |
Catalogue No.: FR208
Description: Fossil
Pterosaur.
Size: 740 X 670mm. |
Image Code FR629 |
Catalogue No.: FR629
Description:
Pterosaur Skull.
Size: 270 X 70mm. |
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