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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Apr 18, 2021 14:11:03 GMT -5
Reply 8. Bats are more manuverable than birds in general. In my opinion, birds have better looking wings.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Apr 21, 2021 18:30:25 GMT -5
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Apr 21, 2021 19:39:58 GMT -5
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Post by King Kodiak on Apr 26, 2021 18:42:11 GMT -5
Skull morphology of giant terror birds
These monstrous birds were probably more agile and less portly than previously thought.
a, Photograph of the skull (specimen BAR 3877-11; Museo Asociación Paleontológica Bariloche, Río Negro Province, Argentina). b-d, Reconstructions of BAR 3877-11 (b), Devincenzia pozzi (c) and Patagornis marshi (d) in occipital (left) and lateral (right) views. The skull of BAR 3877-11 was found by Guillermo Aguirre-Zabala, adjacent to a tarsometatarsus and fragments of pedal phalanges. Abbreviations: af, antorbital fenestra; en, external nares; j, jugal; o, orbit; oc, occcipital condyle. (Figure courtesy of S. Abramowicz.)
www.nature.com/articles/443929a
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on May 1, 2021 23:04:35 GMT -5
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on May 2, 2021 2:53:58 GMT -5
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on May 2, 2021 3:04:38 GMT -5
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on May 2, 2021 5:02:15 GMT -5
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on May 2, 2021 20:33:56 GMT -5
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on May 4, 2021 8:14:24 GMT -5
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on May 5, 2021 18:39:11 GMT -5
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on May 5, 2021 18:41:58 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on May 6, 2021 2:27:48 GMT -5
Dimorphodon, a genus of pterosaur from early Jurassic England. It had a wingspan of about 1.45 m. and a large, bulky skull of approximately 23 cm. by PaleoLee
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on May 6, 2021 20:05:32 GMT -5
The picture of that pterosaur is just as colourful as the modern days toucan according to the picture above.
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Post by brobear on May 7, 2021 3:10:52 GMT -5
The picture of that pterosaur is just as colourful as the modern days toucan according to the picture above. Color comes from the imagination and artistic skills of the artist. Kunpengopterus antipollicatus, the recently discovered pterosaur with opposable thumbs. by Carcascan
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on May 10, 2021 18:27:25 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on May 14, 2021 1:15:24 GMT -5
Pterosaurs:
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on May 14, 2021 6:37:46 GMT -5
/\ You beat me to posting this great video here.
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Post by brobear on May 17, 2021 9:26:07 GMT -5
The pterosaur every kid can call by name:
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on May 20, 2021 3:28:29 GMT -5
/\ The most popular one in the pterosaur kingdom.
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