#solnhofen — Public Fediverse posts
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A random artwork from my gallery:
"Rhamphorhynchus muensteri" — 2013
Rhamphorhynchus muensteri was a medium-sized pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of Germany. It is known from dozens of excellent fossils, including one of the best Mesozoic fossils I know of, the famous darkwing specimen.
https://johnconway.art/rhamphorhynchus-muensteri
#Art #Jurassic #Painting #Palaeo #Pterosaurs #Rhamphorhynchoids #Rhamphorhynchus #Solnhofen
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A new and large ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Solnhofen region https://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2023/07/14/a-new-and-large-ctenochasmatid-pterosaur-from-the-solnhofen-region/
Petrodactyle wellnhoferi gen. et sp. nov.: A new and large ctenochasmatid #pterosaur from the Late #Jurassic of #Germany https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/current-in-press-articles/3878-a-new-solnhofen-pterosaur
"Please welcome #Petrodactyle wellnhoferi. Fully laid out in wingspan it’s just over 2 m so comparable (but a bit larger than) the largest known #Rhamphorhynchus and larger than any of the other #pterodactyloids in the #Solnhofen beds."