LegendaryPterodaustro
Pterodaustro guinazui
TERR-oh-DAW-stroh· “southern wing”
🪽 Pterosaur🕰️ Cretaceous🐟 piscivore🦴 Ctenochasmatidae
2.5 m
Length
0.5 m
Height
4 kg
Weight
A filter-feeding pterosaur with hundreds of long, bristle-like teeth in its upturned lower jaw, used to strain tiny creatures from the water much like a flamingo. A pterosaur, not a dinosaur.
When
Early Cretaceous, ~105 million years ago
Found in
Argentina
Discovered
José Bonaparte, 1970
Did you know?
- Had around a thousand fine, bristle-like teeth for filter-feeding.
- Strained plankton and small crustaceans from water like a flamingo.
- Its curved lower jaw held the comb of filtering teeth.
Artwork: Petr Menshikov, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.