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Dimorphodon

author: Walter B. Myers/Novapix

reference: t-din02-00152

Image Size 300 DPI: 42 * 31 cm

Winged Dimorphodon pluck fish from the Early-Jurassic Tethys Ocean 195 million years ago in what it is today England. While Dimorphodon's coloration is unknown, here the adult males have been given colorful heads inspired by modern day puffins and toucans. Dimorphodon was a medium-sized pterosaur (flying reptile) with a wingspan of about four feet and a large head and puffin-like "beak ." Its long front teeth suggest that it was built for plucking fish from near the surface of the water. Dimorphodon also had a long tail, the end of which is speculated to have sported a soft tissue vane for enhanced stability during flight.

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2011 - ANIMAL - BEACH - DIMORPHODON - EARTH - FAUNA - HISTORY OF EARTH - ILLUSTRATION - JURASSIC - MESOZOIC - OCEAN - PTEROSAUR - REPTILE - TETHYS -