AMNH Pterosaur Starter Deck
2014 – (See Cards | Deck Info | Download | Purchase)…
This deck 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. The game consists of 38 different cards, includes “extinct” organisms, and utilizes a simplified version of the game to compensate for unavailable facts.
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Aeger elegans
Aeger elegans![Scale 4](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/4.png)
![Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 1](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/carbon-macromolecules1.png)
![](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7415/16472567006_2c565ba1e2_z_d.jpg)
EXTINCT | 1 POINT
Play: MOVE of 1.
Aeger elegans is a species of shrimp that was found in the Solnhofen limestone of Germany.
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Nymphaeales (Water Lily)
Nymphaeales order![Scale 8](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/8.png)
![Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/photosynthetic1.png)
![](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8578/15878420423_738fc5416a_z_d.jpg)
EXTANT | 1 POINT
Water lily fossils have been found from as early as the Cretaceous period.
![](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/generated-card-images/br-D3C3E2-ocean-fresh-water-fresh-water-1.png)
Waterscorpion
Nepidae family![Scale 4](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/4.png)
![Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 2](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/carbon-macromolecules2.png)
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EXTANT | 2 POINTS
Play: MOVE of 1.
Waterscorpions are insects, but are not closely related to true scorpions.
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Aspidorhynchus
Aspidorhynchus![Scale 6](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/6.png)
![Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 2](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/carbon-macromolecules2.png)
![](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8584/16312292779_e16909df50_z_d.jpg)
EXTINCT | 2 POINTS
Play: MOVE of 2.
Aspidorhynchus was a speedy, two-foot long fish, with tooth-lined, elongated jaws.
![](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/generated-card-images/br-D3C3E2-ocean-ocean-fresh-water-1.png)
Obaichthys
Obaichthys![Scale 6](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/6.png)
![Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 2](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/carbon-macromolecules2.png)
![](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7325/16312292189_0133597904_z_d.jpg)
EXTINCT | 3 POINTS
Play: MOVE of 1.
Obaichthys is a primitive garfish, whose fossils have been found in Brazil.
![](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/generated-card-images/br-D3C3E2-forest-grasslands-grasslands-1.png)
Cockroach
Blattodea order![Scale 4](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/4.png)
![Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 2](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/carbon-macromolecules2.png)
![](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7327/16492862682_72c013c59a_z_d.jpg)
EXTANT | 2 POINTS
Play: MOVE of 1.
Cockroaches existed before pterosaurs and dinosaurs. The first fossils of modern cockroaches appeared in the Early Cretaceous period.