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LANTERN MOSS
Andreaea nivalis3 POINTS
Image Description: Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image of the lantern shaped spongium, which occurs during dry conditions – the optimal conditions for spore dispersal.
AMNH PTEROSAUR DECK
Home CardPterosaurs: The Card Game uses images and information from the vast collections of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, especially the 2014 special exhibition Pterosaurs: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs.
Anhanguera blittersdorffi
Anhanguera blittersdorffiEXTINCT | 5 POINTS
Play: FLIGHT of 2.
Anhanguera means “Old Devil.” The bumps on the tip of its bill may have helped stabilize its head when snatching fish as they leapt out of the water!
Scaphognathus
ScaphognathusEXTINCT | 4 POINTS
Play: FLIGHT of 1.
Scaphognathus means “fat snout” in Latin. It has been found in Germany and may have had a good sense of sight.
Dsungaripterus weii
Dsungaripterus weiiEXTINCT | 5 POINTS
Play: FLIGHT of 2.
Dsungaripterus was first found in China in the Junggar Basin. Its jaw was designed to catch and eat fish, but rather to dig up clams along the beach and crush them with its large flat teeth.
Ammonite
Ammonoidea subclassEXTINCT | 3 POINTS
Play: MOVE of 2.
Despite their large shells that could grow up to 7 feet across, these predatory, squid-like shellfish were capable of swimming.