Hatzegopteryx art

“FINAL take on #PrehistoricPlanet Hatzegopteryx #paleoart #pterosaurs”

Today's drawing is Hatzegopteryx thambema! This is a large species of azhdarchid pterosaur which lived during the Late Cretaceous period in…

The largest pterosaur that ever lived, Quetzalcoatlus is still a mystery: no one knows what it ate, how much it weighed, or if it was capable of flight.

The isle of dwarf dinosaurs was ruled by a pterosaur as tall as an elephant, with a heavy build and a massive stabbing beak. Hatzegopteryx was also one of the most powerful flying animals ever, and it reigned over its island domain with iron wings.

Hatzegopteyx is a genus of massive azhdarchid pterosaur which lived during the late Cretaceous period. Hatzegopteryx is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur. It was found in Romania in the region where a small island used to exist in the Cretaceous. Back then, a majority of the fauna on the island were smaller than their inland relatives due to a smaller food supply. Fossil evidence shows that the pterosaurs were not affected, being the largest creatures on the island. Hatzegopteryx is one of the…

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In an ideal world, all blog posts would start with images like this one. (Edited talk title slide I used back at SVPCA 2013 - we've been working on the project discussed below for a while now.) In the last year we've spoken at great length about the giant azhdarchid pterosaurs, those toothless, tube-necked, 10 m wingspan behemoths that awesomed their way into existence at the end of the Cretaceous Period (if you need more of an introduction, check out these posts). Of the three named giant…

Hatzegopteryx. Species: H thambema. Meaning of name: basin wing monster.Romania, Late Cretaceous. Classification: Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Az... Hatzegopteryx thambema