Pteranodon longiceps

Pteranodon longiceps
Scale 8 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 3
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Pteranodon is one of the most famous pterosaurs, having appeared in movies such as King Kong. Its name means “wing without tooth” and its fossils have been found in Western Kansas. Scientists think it may have dived for fish.

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Pteranodon (/tɨˈrænədɒn/; from Greek πτερόν (“wing”) and ἀνόδων (“toothless”)) is a genus of pterosaurs which included some of the largest known flying reptiles, with wingspans over 6 metres (20 ft). It existed during the late Cretaceousgeological period of North America in present day Kansas, Alabama, Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota. More fossilspecimens of Pteranodon have been […] read more

Tupuxuara leonardii

Tupuxuara leonardii
Scale 9 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 3
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Tupuxuara means “long crested” and has been found along ancient South American coasts. Scientists are not sure if they ate fruit or fish.

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Tupuxuara is a genus of large, crested, toothless pterodactyloid pterosaur. The genus was named and described by Alexander Kellner and Diógenes de Almeida Campos in 1988.[1] The type species is Tupuxuara longicristatus. The genus name refers to a familiar spirit from the mythology of the Tupi. Thespecific name means “long-crested” in Latin. The holotype, MN […] read more

Jeholopterus ningchengensis

Jeholopterus ningchengensis
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Jeholopterus was named after a city near where it was found in Northeastern China. It lived in the forest, hunted insects, and is the only known species in its genus.

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Jeholopterus was a small anurognathid pterosaur from the Daohugou Beds of northeastern China (of uncertain age, probably Middle or Late Jurassic), between 168 and 152 million years ago[1]), preserved with hair and skin remains. The type species is based on holotype IVPP V12705, a nearly complete specimen from the Daohugou beds of Ningcheng County in […] read more

Pterodaustro guinazui

Pterodaustro guinazui
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This pterosaur’s name comes from the Greek word “pteron” (wing) and the Latin word “auster” (south wind). It may have used its thousands of bristle-like teeth to strain crustaceans, plankton, and other small aquatic animals.

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Pterodaustro is a genus of Cretaceous pterodactyloid pterosaur from South America, which lived 105 million years ago. The first fossils, among them the holotype PLV 2571, a thigh bone, were in the late sixties discovered by Bonaparte in the Lagarcito Formation, situated in the San Luis Province of Patagonia, Argentina, and dating from the Albian. […] read more

Javan Rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus
Scale 8 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 2
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Fact: Rhinoceros sondaicus is critically endangered, with only one known population in the wild, and no individuals in captivity.

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The Sunda rhinoceros, lesser one-horned rhinoceros, or more popularly Javan rhinoceros, Rhinoceros sondaicus, is a very rare member of the family Rhinocerotidae and one of five extant rhinoceroses. It belongs to the same genus as the Indian rhinoceros, and has similar mosaicked, armour-like skin, but at 3.1–3.2 m (10.2–10.5 ft) in length and 1.4–1.7 m (4.6–5.8 ft) in height, […] read more

Barbary Macaque

Macaca sylvanus
Scale 7 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 3
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Fact: Besides humans, Macaca sylvanus is the only free-living primate in Europe.

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The Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus), Barbary ape, or magot[4] is a species of macaque unique for its distribution outside Asia and for its vestigial tail.[5] Found in the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco and El-Kouf National Park inLibya along with a small population of unknown origin in Gibraltar, the Barbary macaque is one of […] read more