Nymphaeales (Water Lily)

Cretaceous
Scale 1 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1

Water lily fossils have been found as early as the Cretaceous period. Point Value: 1 Ptero Tidbit: Pterosaurs may have traveled in flocks or gathered at the same spots to feed.


Graphic by AMNH's #scienceFTWamnh.org
Not birds or even dinosaurs! Pterosaurs were flying reptiles, the first and largest vertebrates to fly under their own power. You can explore animals and plants that lived during the Mesozoic Era when you challenge your friends to this pterosaurs card game! This card is part of a deck co-designed by youth in the #scienceFTW program at […] read more

Brachyphyllum

Jurassic/Cretaceous
Scale 2 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1

These coniferous trees lived all over the globe during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Point Value: 1 Ptero Tidbit: In the Jurassic Period a new group of pterosaurs emerged. They had shorter tails, longer hands and neck bones, and bony crests on top of their heads.


Graphic by AMNH's #scienceFTWamnh.org
Not birds or even dinosaurs! Pterosaurs were flying reptiles, the first and largest vertebrates to fly under their own power. You can explore animals and plants that lived during the Mesozoic Era when you challenge your friends to this pterosaurs card game! This card is part of a deck co-designed by youth in the #scienceFTW program at […] read more

Nymphaeales (Water Lily)

Cretaceous
Scale 1 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1

Water lily fossils have been found as early as the Cretaceous period. Point Value: 1 Ptero Tidbit: Pterosaurs may have traveled in flocks or gathered at the same spots to feed.


Graphic by AMNH's #scienceFTWamnh.org
Not birds or even dinosaurs! Pterosaurs were flying reptiles, the first and largest vertebrates to fly under their own power. You can explore animals and plants that lived during the Mesozoic Era when you challenge your friends to this pterosaurs card game! This card is part of a deck co-designed by youth in the #scienceFTW program at […] read more

Aeger elegans

Jurassic
Scale 3 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 1

Aeger elegans is a species of shrimp that was found in the Solnhofen limestone of Germany. Point Value: 1 Ptero Tidbit: Pterosaurs all had the same basic body plan, but different species could vary dramatically.


Graphic by AMNH's #scienceFTWamnh.org
Not birds or even dinosaurs! Pterosaurs were flying reptiles, the first and largest vertebrates to fly under their own power. You can explore animals and plants that lived during the Mesozoic Era when you challenge your friends to this pterosaurs card game! This card is part of a deck co-designed by youth in the #scienceFTW program at […] read more

Gnetales

Cretaceous
Scale 3 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1

Gnetales are an evolutionary step between cone-bearing conifers and modern flowering plants, displaying BOTH cones and flowers. Point Value: 1 Ptero Tidbit: Baby pterosaurs were very independent. With long wings and toothy jaws, they could probably live on their own right away after hatching, even able to find their own food.


Graphic by AMNH's #scienceFTWamnh.org
Not birds or even dinosaurs! Pterosaurs were flying reptiles, the first and largest vertebrates to fly under their own power. You can explore animals and plants that lived during the Mesozoic Era when you challenge your friends to this pterosaurs card game! This card is part of a deck co-designed by youth in the #scienceFTW program at […] read more

Gingko

Cretaceous
Scale 4 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1

The fan-shaped leaves of this ancient ginkgo tree, now, extinct, are similar to modern ginkgo leaves. Point Value: Ptero Tidbit: When pterosaurs walked, they tucked in their wings. The fourth finger was connected to the hand by a roller joint, so the wings could fold like umbrella spokes.


Graphic by AMNH's #scienceFTWamnh.org
Not birds or even dinosaurs! Pterosaurs were flying reptiles, the first and largest vertebrates to fly under their own power. You can explore animals and plants that lived during the Mesozoic Era when you challenge your friends to this pterosaurs card game! This card is part of a deck co-designed by youth in the #scienceFTW program at […] read more