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Safari Ltd. "pterosaur"

Started by ruel, March 18, 2013, 01:39:31 AM

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ruel



Takama

Its an un-named Species from Africa, and it is based on a painting by Todd Marshall

tanystropheus

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The Safari Ltd. model is based on the fossil findings of paleontologist, Paul Serono. The relatively new species of pterosaur is simply known as 'The African Pterosaur'.

http://www.projectexploration.org/news_121803.htm

An illustration of the 'African Pterosaur' by Todd Marshall:

http://planetdinosaur.com/images/PDImages/PaleoArt/ToddMarshallPterosaur.jpg

However, it is possible that the 'African Pterosaur' is, in essence, a geographical variant of the Anhanguera.

ruel

Thank you both, friends!  I try to keep my figures arranged by time period/stage, and not knowing what this was made it tough to classify.  The Project Exploration article gives a fossil date of 110Ma, which should place it in the Cretaceous Albian.

I hope this generic pterosaur gets a name soon.  8)

tanystropheus

#4
Glad to know that you found the websites to be informative. There's also a less than one second reference to the 'African Pterosaur' in the TED presentation, "Paul Sereno digs up dinosaurs".

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