AMNH Pterosaur Starter Deck

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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.

Dragonfly

Anisoptera infraorder
Scale 4 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 2
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Animalia, Insecta, Anthropoda

EXTANT | 2 POINTS

Play: FLIGHT of 1.
Dragonflies are among the fastest and most ancient flying insects in the world!

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Graphic by Raúl Martinwww.amnh.org/
A dragonfly is an insect belonging to the order Odonata, the suborder Epiprocta or, in the strict sense, the infraorder Anisoptera (from Greek ανισος anisos, “uneven” + πτερος pteros, “wings”, because the hindwing is broader than the forewing).[1] It is characterized by large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong transparentwings, and an elongated body. Dragonflies […] read more

Water Strider

Gerridae Family
Scale 4 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 2
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Animalia, Insecta, Anthropoda

EXTANT | 3 POINTS

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The water strider’s long and slender legs, with several thousand hairs, enable them to walk on water.

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Graphic by AMNH/M.Stanleywww.amnh.org/
Gerridae is a family of true bugs in the order Hemiptera, commonly known as water striders, water bugs,magic bugs, pond skaters, skaters, skimmers, water scooters, water skaters, water skeeters, water skimmers, water skippers, water spiders, or Jesus bugs. Consistent with the classification of Gerridae as true bugs, gerrids have a mouthpart evolved for piercing and […] read more

Lycoptera

Lycoptera
Scale 5 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 2
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Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii

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Fossils of these freshwater fish have been found in large groups, suggesting they congregated in sandbars.

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Graphic by Ivy Rutskywww.amnh.org/
Lycoptera is a genus of fish that lived from the late Jurassic to Cretaceous periods in present-day China, Korea,Mongolia and Siberia. It is known from abundant fossils representing sixteen species, which serve as importantindex fossil used to date geologic formations in China. Along with the genus Peipiaosteus, Lycoptera has been considered a defining member of […] read more

Ischyodus

Ischyodus
Scale 7 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 2
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Animalia, Chordata, Chondrichthyes

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The long spine attached to the dorsal fin of the Ischyodus may have been venomous.

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Graphic by Ivy Rutskywww.amnh.org/
Ischyodus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish belonging to the subclass Holocephali, which includes the modern-day chimaeras. Fossils are known from Europe (including Russia), North America, and New Zealand. Ischyodus was rather similar to the present-day chimaera Chimaera monstrosa, which is found in theAtlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Just like C. monstrosa, Ischyodus had […] read more

Rhamphorhynchus muensteri

Rhamphorhynchus muensteri
Scale 7 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Chordata, Pterosauria

EXTINCT | 4 POINTS

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Rhamphorhynchus means “beak snout.” This pterosaur has been found in Germany. It had a very long tail, and its long needle-like teeth helped it catch fish over open water.

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Graphic by Raúl Martinwww.amnh.org/
Rhamphorhynchus /ˌræmfəˈrɪŋkəs/, “beak snout”, is a genus of long-tailed pterosaurs in the Jurassic period. Less specialized than contemporary, short-tailed pterodactyloid pterosaurs such as Pterodactylus, it had a long tail, stiffened with ligaments, which ended in a characteristic diamond-shaped vane. The jaws of Rhamphorhynchus housed needle-like teeth, which were angled forward, with a curved, sharp, beak-like […] read more

Pterodactylus antiquus

Pterodactylus antiquus
Scale 6 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Chordata, Pterosauria

EXTINCT | 4 POINTS

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These were the first pterosaurs ever to be identified, found in 1784 by the German scientist Cosimo Alessandro Collini for the wonder cabinet he curated.

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Graphic by Raúl Martinwww.amnh.org/
Pterodactylus (/ˌtɛrəˈdæktɨləs/ terr-ə-dak-til-əs, from the Greek πτεροδάκτυλος, pterodaktulos, meaning “winged finger”) is a genus of pterosaurs, whose members are popularly known as pterodactyls ( /ˌtɛrəˈdæktɨlz/). It is currently thought to contain only a single species, Pterodactylus antiquus, the first pterosaur species to be named and identified as a flying reptile. The fossil remains of this […] read more