#pterodactylus

[railroadatrox]

DRAGONS OF THE MESOZOIC

I got commissioned to design a pterosaur back tattoo, and decided to use the opportunity to redraw my original dragons of the Mesozoic design.

[makairodonx]

Jurassic June 2024 Day 24: Pterodactylus antiquus

[prismatixxkhaos]

Finally got the pterodactylus drawing done!! Wasn’t quite sure what the colors or patterns should be for him, so I just did whatever. Anyways, here he is!

[alex-fictus]

My Mesozoic is Sky Blue!

Broomistega - Drepanosaurus - Velociraptor

Diplodocus - Deinocheirus - Shantungosaurus

Pterodactylus - Spinosaurus - Dolichorhynchops

Stickers || Phone Wallpapers Masterlist

[artwithteggy]

this is where im at with the articulated Pterodactylus 3d printable model. This has been the most finiky model to date, and now I have a headache. lol.

[onesecretperson]

A Nice Pretty Character Art Commission drawn for me a bit ago by @bethdehart, who also designed this "Robodactyl!"

Beth also did this very cool VHS filter version below!

[reginaldubel]

dinovember day 25: pterodactylus 🧄

[earlypalaeoart]

"Restorations of saurians and other animals of the Lias" from Relics from the wreck of a former world, or, Splinters gathered on the shores of a turbulent planet by Thomas Milner, 1847

After Henry De La Beche, 1832

https://archive.org/details/relicsfromwrecko00milnrich/page/28/mode/1up

[stellato-17]

“Giddy up!”

Mega Man (Ruby Spears) - S1 E5 - Robosaur Park (Oct 9th, 1994)

[harpagornis]

Pterosaurs on Life On Our Planet

As my previous review showed, Life On Our Planet has issues. One of the issues is how it portrays pterosaurs, in the episode In Cold Blood (which you already know by the title is a doozy.

Here, the sole direct depiction of pterosaurs portrays Pterodactylus (not identified as such but clearly meant to be it based on its anatomy and time period) hunting baby turtles from the sky. Anatomically, the animal is alright: fuzzy body covering, appropriate wing structure, even lips covering the teeth (a novelty only recently considered by paleoartists). Where it falls short is in the behaviour: it is seen attacking baby turtles from the sky, when the actual animal foraged on aquatic invertebrates by swimming or wading.

In other words, like a duck being portrayed acting like a frigatebird.

This is the only significant appearence of pterosaurs in the series. They brief appear in the asteroid episode (using the same model; bold to suggest ctenochasmatoids were around in the KT event…) and that’s it. They’re essentially treated as footnote in the show, and their greatest achievement, being the first vertebrates to ever fly, is given to birds instead.

An all around disappointing depiction.

[railroadatrox]

DRAGONS

Hello, I’ve been making more paleoart recently so I’m gonna be updating this blog again after so many years lol.

To begin, some pterosaurs from a while ago.

[shatteredreaiity]

Sold yet another commission!

The person who commissioned wanted me to draw retro dinosaurs, specifically the Crystal Palace pterodacrylus

[prismatixxkhaos]

Lineart of that pterodactylus sketch I posted a few days ago!! He’s flying with his buddies!

(Finished drawing will be soon, just making sure I got all the finishing touches n stuff)

[preventthetoast]

Been playing around with MS paint. here's a large Pterodactylus antiquus male overlooking his domain. He observes carefully as two younger males wheel in the sky some distance away. He preps himself to take flight and intervene in the conflict, when he does, it usually ends in the death of one or both of his competitors. Females don't care if he fights dirty as long as he wins.

MS paint with a trackpad

[anyonghalimaw]

i put my pterosaur bases up for sale on kofi! ok to use for adoptables

get it >>here<<

[rabbitcruiser]

Dinosaurs Day  

Today we celebrate those large, extinct reptiles: dinosaurs.  Scientists believe they first appeared about 245 million years ago, at  the beginning of the Middle Triassic Epoch, and existed for about 180  million years, going extinct about 66 million years ago at the end of  the Cretaceous Period. The period when they lived is called the Mesozoic  Era. During this time they went through many changes, and various species of dinosaurs replaced other species.  Some dinosaurs were bipedal, meaning they walked on two legs, and some  were quadrupedal, meaning they walked on all fours. Some switched back  and forth. Some were covered with feathers, while others had what was  almost like body armor. Some ran fast, and others were slow; most were  herbivores, but some were carnivores. There were at least 700 species of  dinosaurs, and possibly more than 1,000.

There were big biotic changes at the end of the Cretaceous Period,  and many other animals and plants died at that time as well. There are  many theories as to why dinosaurs died out, including disease, heat  waves, cold spells, changing sea levels, large amounts of volcanic  activity, the emergence of egg-eating mammals, or from X-rays from an  exploding supernova. One other common theory is that an asteroid smashed  to earth, spread ash widely, and shifted the earth's climate. However,  it is not believed that all dinosaurs died out at the same time. Rather,  it is believed they had been declining during the last part of the  Cretaceous Period. Scientists also believe that some dinosaurs may have  evolved into birds.

Richard Owen, an English anatomist, came up with the word  "Dinosauria" in 1842. The word comes from the Greek word "deinos,"  meaning terrible or fearfully great, and "sauros," meaning reptile or  lizard. He applied the term to three animals whose fossilized bones had  been found over the previous few decades. The remains came from reptiles  that were both larger and had more vertebrae than any found before. The  earliest known published record of dinosaur remains was in 1820, and  many fossils were found in the 1820s and 1830s. Many other kinds of  dinosaurs were found in the years following the 1842 naming as well.  Fossils of dinosaurs have now been found on all seven continents.

How to Observe Dinosaurs Day

The best way to celebrate the day is to visit a museum or other dinosaur-related attraction, where fossils or bones may be viewed. You could also watch a documentary about dinosaurs or a film that features dinosaurs, such as Jurassic Park. If you have children, there are many dinosaur-related activities they could do today.

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