LegendaryEudimorphodon
Eudimorphodon ranzii
yoo-die-MOR-foh-don· “true two-form tooth”
🪽 Pterosaur🕰️ Triassic🐟 piscivore🦴 Eudimorphodontidae
1 m
Length
0.2 m
Height
1 kg
Weight
One of the earliest known pterosaurs, from the Late Triassic of Italy. Its jaws held multi-cusped teeth of several shapes for gripping fish, and it had a long tail tipped with a small vane. A pterosaur, not a dinosaur.
When
Late Triassic, ~210 million years ago
Found in
Italy
Discovered
Rocco Zambelli, 1973
Did you know?
- Among the earliest known pterosaurs, from the Late Triassic.
- Had over a hundred teeth of several shapes for catching fish.
- Its long tail ended in a small diamond-shaped vane.
Artwork: ArthurWeasley, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5.