Waterscorpions are insects, but are not closely related to true scorpions. Point Value: 3 Ptero Tidbit: The earliest known pterosaurs were roughly the size of a seagull.

The water strider’s long and slender legs, with several thousand hairs, enable them to walk on water. Point Value: 3. Ptero Tidbit: Pterosaurs left no descendants—only fossils.

Dragonflies are among the fastest and most ancient flying insects in the world! Point Value: 2 Ptero Tidbit: Pterosaurs are neither birds nor bats. They were flying reptiles that lived between ~220 and ~66 million years ago.

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

Despite their large shells that could grow up to seven feet across, these predatory, squid-like shellfish were capable of swimming.  Point Value: 3 Ptero Tidbit: Pterosaurs are close cousins of dinosaurs, but evolved on a separate branch of the reptile family tree.

Obaichthys is a primitive garfish, whose fossils have been found in Brazil. Point Value: 3 Ptero Tidbit: More than 150 species of pterosaurs have been discovered in excavations around the globe.