pterodactyl

     

†Pteroactyloidea †Rhamphorhynchoidea*

Trivia about pterodactyl

  • Georges Cuvier in 1812 gave this name to the creature seen here
  • If you're picknicking in the woods of "The Lost World", one of these flying reptiles might decide to lunch on you!
  • This extinct flying reptile's name is from the Greek for "finger wing"
  • In 1975 in Texas scientists found fossils of this flying lizard with a more than 50' wingspan
  • The name of this prehistoric reptile, the largest known flying animal, means "wing finger"
  • Let's park in the Jurassic to see this flying reptile with a birdlike beak

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