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BABY PTEROSAURS ARE CALLED FLAPLINGS!!!!
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BABY PTEROSAURS ARE CALLED FLAPLINGS!!!!
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But the more important part of the paper is that we used it to show that baby #pterosaurs (flaplings) in general were highly flight-capable, a view with major implications for pterosaur ecology and biology. Read about our paper here... tetzoo.com/blog/2021/7/... 10/n
Baby Pterosaurs Were Excellent Fliers and Occupied Different Niches From Their Parents — Tetrapod Zoology
Today sees the publication of a major new technical paper by myself, Mark Witton and Liz Martin-Silverstone, titled ‘Powered flight in hatchling pterosaurs: evidence from wing form and bone strength’ ...
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November 7, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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BABY PTEROSAURS ARE CALLED FLAPLINGS!!!!
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BABY PTEROSAURS ARE CALLED FLAPLINGS!!!!
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More of fat pterosaurs
November 8, 2026 at 3:20 PM
More of fat pterosaurs
Pterosaurs also had diverse pycnofibre morphologies depending on body region
November 6, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Pterosaurs also had diverse pycnofibre morphologies depending on body region
Showcase diversity of pterosaurs in your own home. Adopt him.
November 6, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Showcase diversity of pterosaurs in your own home. Adopt him.
god I wish pterosaurs still existed
November 6, 2026 at 3:27 AM
god I wish pterosaurs still existed
But the more important part of the paper is that we used it to show that baby #pterosaurs (flaplings) in general were highly flight-capable, a view with major implications for pterosaur ecology and biology. Read about our paper here... tetzoo.com/blog/2021/7/... 10/n
Baby Pterosaurs Were Excellent Fliers and Occupied Different Niches From Their Parents — Tetrapod Zoology
Today sees the publication of a major new technical paper by myself, Mark Witton and Liz Martin-Silverstone, titled ‘Powered flight in hatchling pterosaurs: evidence from wing form and bone strength’ ...
tetzoo.com
November 7, 2026 at 10:46 PM
But the more important part of the paper is that we used it to show that baby #pterosaurs (flaplings) in general were highly flight-capable, a view with major implications for pterosaur ecology and biology. Read about our paper here... tetzoo.com/blog/2021/7/... 10/n
Well again you can't currently go into the meditation room without being mobbed by juvenile pterosaurs
November 8, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Well again you can't currently go into the meditation room without being mobbed by juvenile pterosaurs
Does this suggest teen boy pterosaurs are flapjacks?
November 7, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Does this suggest teen boy pterosaurs are flapjacks?
Vectidraco preserves a lot of interesting anatomy: one of the things it has is proportionally large nerve openings. In a 2018 study led by @gimpasaura.bsky.social, we looked at the implications this might have for terrestrial locomotion. Read about our study here... tetzoo.com/blog/2018/8/... 8/n
Postcranial Palaeoneurology and the Lifestyles of Pterosaurs — Tetrapod Zoology
Regular readers will know that I – with colleagues – publish fairly regularly on azhdarchoid pterosaurs…
tetzoo.com
November 7, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Vectidraco preserves a lot of interesting anatomy: one of the things it has is proportionally large nerve openings. In a 2018 study led by @gimpasaura.bsky.social, we looked at the implications this might have for terrestrial locomotion. Read about our study here... tetzoo.com/blog/2018/8/... 8/n
A preliminary exploration... pterosaur-net.blogspot.com/2012/04/our-...
Our lives with pterosaurs, part 1
Not many mornings ago the lovely Georgia Maclean-Henry and I were discussing the the topic of 21 st century pterosaurs. Not, you unde...
pterosaur-net.blogspot.com
November 8, 2026 at 1:32 PM
A preliminary exploration... pterosaur-net.blogspot.com/2012/04/our-...
Camp counselors got really mad at me once when I corrected them about pterosaurs being dinosaurs
November 6, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Camp counselors got really mad at me once when I corrected them about pterosaurs being dinosaurs
In 2006, Dave Martill and I published a partial skull fragment from a Tupuxuara-like pterosaur (the fossil on the right here), and used this study as an excuse to test whether tapejarids and 'tupuxuarids' (eventually named thalassodromids) really grouped together... #pterosaurs 2/n
November 7, 2026 at 9:58 PM
In 2006, Dave Martill and I published a partial skull fragment from a Tupuxuara-like pterosaur (the fossil on the right here), and used this study as an excuse to test whether tapejarids and 'tupuxuarids' (eventually named thalassodromids) really grouped together... #pterosaurs 2/n
Stop letting your pterosaurs eat all the fictional characters
November 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Stop letting your pterosaurs eat all the fictional characters
And here's the intro to the 1990s re-screening when it was no longer part of 'Wildlife on One' and retitled 'Flying With Dinosaurs' (SIGH)... #pterosaurs
November 5, 2026 at 11:07 AM
And here's the intro to the 1990s re-screening when it was no longer part of 'Wildlife on One' and retitled 'Flying With Dinosaurs' (SIGH)... #pterosaurs
Palaeoartists and animators‼️ Job oppurtunitiy to animate Mary Anning and her palaeontological discoveries (pterosaurs and marine reptiles) for display at the Lyme Regis Museum, the birthplace of Mary Anning. Details below 👇
November 4, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Palaeoartists and animators‼️ Job oppurtunitiy to animate Mary Anning and her palaeontological discoveries (pterosaurs and marine reptiles) for display at the Lyme Regis Museum, the birthplace of Mary Anning. Details below 👇
NO MORE PTEROSAURS
November 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
NO MORE PTEROSAURS
Finally, the latest news in tapejarids concerns the recognition of Hintighernia edingerae from the Cambridge Greensand, a study led by @rv-pegas.bsky.social and Borja Holgado. It shows Europe to be a potential place of origin for some tapejarid clades tetzoo.com/blog/2026/10... #pterosaurs 11/end
A New Tapejarid Pterosaur from the English Cretaceous — Tetrapod Zoology
Among the most interesting and exciting of pterosaurs – in my humble opinion – are the tapejarids, a short-snouted, toothless, often elaborately crested group vaguely akin to the sometimes gigantic, s...
tetzoo.com
November 7, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Finally, the latest news in tapejarids concerns the recognition of Hintighernia edingerae from the Cambridge Greensand, a study led by @rv-pegas.bsky.social and Borja Holgado. It shows Europe to be a potential place of origin for some tapejarid clades tetzoo.com/blog/2026/10... #pterosaurs 11/end
An afternoon of dinos! It’s been a while since I last posted, as I’ve been super busy with things I can’t talk about just yet—buuut... check out this Spinosaurus mirabilis using some little pterosaurs as dentists!
November 8, 2026 at 5:45 PM
An afternoon of dinos! It’s been a while since I last posted, as I’ve been super busy with things I can’t talk about just yet—buuut... check out this Spinosaurus mirabilis using some little pterosaurs as dentists!
Baby pterosaurs are called flaplings
But the more important part of the paper is that we used it to show that baby #pterosaurs (flaplings) in general were highly flight-capable, a view with major implications for pterosaur ecology and biology. Read about our paper here... tetzoo.com/blog/2021/7/... 10/n
Baby Pterosaurs Were Excellent Fliers and Occupied Different Niches From Their Parents — Tetrapod Zoology
Today sees the publication of a major new technical paper by myself, Mark Witton and Liz Martin-Silverstone, titled ‘Powered flight in hatchling pterosaurs: evidence from wing form and bone strength’ ...
tetzoo.com
November 8, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Baby pterosaurs are called flaplings
the tapejarids are my (current) favorite pterosaurs, so this is fun
A 'new' #pterosaur - actually known since 1870 - has been recognised by Rubi Pêgas, Kamila Bandeira, Borja Holgado and myself from the English Cretaceous, and it includes great brain data! It's Hintighernia edingerae (hin-ti-yer-nee-a ee-din-gu-ree) tetzoo.com/blog/2026/10...
A New Tapejarid Pterosaur from the English Cretaceous — Tetrapod Zoology
Among the most interesting and exciting of pterosaurs – in my humble opinion – are the tapejarids, a short-snouted, toothless, often elaborately crested group vaguely akin to the sometimes gigantic, s...
tetzoo.com
November 2, 2026 at 4:21 PM
the tapejarids are my (current) favorite pterosaurs, so this is fun
Same idea with birds and pterosaurs, and we've only recently shaken off the "pterosaurs declined in the Late Cretaceous due to being outcompeted by birds" idea
November 4, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Same idea with birds and pterosaurs, and we've only recently shaken off the "pterosaurs declined in the Late Cretaceous due to being outcompeted by birds" idea
I really like tapejarid #pterosaurs. In this thread I'm going to talk through work I've been involved in on these animals. Tapejara - the first member of the group to be named (by Alex Kellner in 1989) - was first considered close to Tupuxuara, a bigger, longer-skulled animal, also from Brazil 1/n
November 7, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I really like tapejarid #pterosaurs. In this thread I'm going to talk through work I've been involved in on these animals. Tapejara - the first member of the group to be named (by Alex Kellner in 1989) - was first considered close to Tupuxuara, a bigger, longer-skulled animal, also from Brazil 1/n
... studies published since have found it to be tapejarid, and one of several studies indicating that these #pterosaurs have stronger ties to Europe than appreciated before. Initial finds from South America and Africa wrongly created the impression of a Gondwana-only distribution... 6/n
November 7, 2026 at 10:30 PM
... studies published since have found it to be tapejarid, and one of several studies indicating that these #pterosaurs have stronger ties to Europe than appreciated before. Initial finds from South America and Africa wrongly created the impression of a Gondwana-only distribution... 6/n
I mean I'm fond of most pterosaurs so....
November 4, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I mean I'm fond of most pterosaurs so....