Paleomattea
Cretaceous
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.
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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
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
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
Nymphaeales (Water Lily)
Cretaceous 
Water lily fossils have been found as early as the Cretaceous period. Point Value: 1 Ptero Tidbit: Pterosaurs may have traveled in flocks or gathered at the same spots to feed.
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
Brachyphyllum
Jurassic/Cretaceous 
These coniferous trees lived all over the globe during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Point Value: 1 Ptero Tidbit: In the Jurassic Period a new group of pterosaurs emerged. They had shorter tails, longer hands and neck bones, and bony crests on top of their heads.
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
Nymphaeales (Water Lily)
Cretaceous
Water lily fossils have been found as early as the Cretaceous period. Point Value: 1 Ptero Tidbit: Pterosaurs may have traveled in flocks or gathered at the same spots to feed.
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
Aeger elegans
Jurassic
Aeger elegans is a species of shrimp that was found in the Solnhofen limestone of Germany. Point Value: 1 Ptero Tidbit: Pterosaurs all had the same basic body plan, but different species could vary dramatically.
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
Gnetales
Cretaceous 
Gnetales are an evolutionary step between cone-bearing conifers and modern flowering plants, displaying BOTH cones and flowers. Point Value: 1 Ptero Tidbit: Baby pterosaurs were very independent. With long wings and toothy jaws, they could probably live on their own right away after hatching, even able to find their own food.
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
Gingko
Cretaceous
The fan-shaped leaves of this ancient ginkgo tree, now, extinct, are similar to modern ginkgo leaves. Point Value: 1 Ptero Tidbit: When pterosaurs walked, they tucked in their wings. The fourth finger was connected to the hand by a roller joint, so the wings could fold like umbrella spokes.
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