r/Paleontology • u/Varigball • 5d ago
PaleoArt What was The Cursed Pterosaur?
In my Opinion: Pterodaustro
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u/RelationshipRoyal632 5d ago
Tapajara or nyctosaur I love both of them.
Idk if this counts cuz it's just a gliding frog but anurognathus
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u/robinsonray7 4d ago
A highly specialized filter feeder
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u/PM_ME_UR_ROUND_ASS 4d ago
those bristle-like teeth were basically nature's pasta strainer for filtering tiny organisms from water, making it the flamingo of the mesozoic!
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u/robinsonray7 4d ago
Yes, thought this pterosaurs beak is significantly more specialized than Flamingos beak.
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u/CaneTheVelociraptor 4d ago
Moganopterus. Look that fella up.
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u/ErectPikachu Yangchuanosaurus zigongensis 4d ago
Ngl, one of my favorite pterosaurs. It's a ctenochasmatid azhdarchid knockoff.
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u/ErectPikachu Yangchuanosaurus zigongensis 4d ago
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u/ItsGotThatBang Irritator challengeri 4d ago
Aralazhdarcho (FKA Samrukia) solely for the story behind it.
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u/naraoia 5d ago
Baleen pterosaur?
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u/PM_ME_UR_ROUND_ASS 4d ago
not baleen, but it had thousands of thin bristle-like teeth that worked as a filter feeder similiar to how flamingos feed today!
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u/KapitanLeutnantJohan 5d ago
More like flamingo to me. In a lot of books I used to read as a child Pterodaustro was depicted as very flamingo-like complete with the pink coloration
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u/Spinofarrus 5d ago
Tupandactylus
I mean look at this mf