Ikrandraco - New Pterosaur!

[Scipionyx]

http://www.nature.com/srep/2014/140911/srep06329/full/srep06329.html#introduction

http://www.livescience.com/47789-avatar-pterosaur-discovered.html

Interesting new discovery - but there is a lot more to pelican scoop-feeding than just having big throat pouches. They have expandable lower jaws, and also can't skim.

[Dinoguy2]

Yes, all the pterosaur experts on FB are calling baloney on this. The authors of this paper have apparently never seen a pelican and do not understand how they feed. They do not skim, but basically function like flying baleen whales with very bizarre jaw anatomy that goes with it. This pterosaur looks like your standard dip-and-grab feeder.

New pterosaur is cool though!

[amargasaurus cazaui]

who said Ikrans were not flying dragons !!!!!

[DinoLord]

It's a cool little pterosaur, though I don't really see the dragon resemblance. The article's illustration is really lovely though.