DIY Cards

Clam

Cretaceous
Scale 3 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 1

The organs of clams are surrounded by watery blood that contains nutrients and oxygen. Point Value: 1 Ptero Tidbit: Pterosaur began life on the ground, hatching from eggs.


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 […] read more

Clam

Cretaceous
Scale 3 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 1

The organs of clams are surrounded by watery blood that contains nutrients and oxygen. Point Value: 1 Ptero Tidbit: Pterosaur began life on the ground, hatching from eggs.


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

Beurlenia

Cretaceous
Scale 2 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 1

This extinct shrimp is named after the German paleontologist Karl Beurlen (1901-1985), who studied fossils in Brazil. Point Value: 1 Ptero Tidbit: The earliest pterosaurs were relatively small and robust, with long tails, short necks and jaws lined with teeth.


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

Paleomattea

Cretaceous
Scale 1 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 1

The name of this shellfish means “ancient delicacy” and is derived from the Latin word deliciosa which means delicious. Point Value: 1 Ptero Tidbit: A wide variety of pterosaurs evolved during the Cretaceous, including the largest pterosaurs known.

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

Home Card

American Museum of Natural History's Pterosaurs: The Phylo Card Game
Starter

This HOME card represents both Jurassic & Cretaceous. Directions: on each turn 1) pick one card, and 2) choose three of these five actions: start a food chain, add to a food chain, play an event card, move a card, or discard a card. Point Value: 2.


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

Waterscorpion

Jurassic
Scale 2 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 2

Waterscorpions are insects, but are not closely related to true scorpions. Point Value: 2 Ptero Tidbit: The earliest known pterosaurs were roughly the size of a seagull.


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