LegendarySordes
Sordes pilosus
SOR-deez· “hairy filth”
🪽 Pterosaur🕰️ Jurassic🐟 piscivore🦴 Rhamphorhynchidae
0.6 m
Length
0.2 m
Height
1 kg
Weight
A small long-tailed pterosaur from Late Jurassic Kazakhstan — famous as one of the first pterosaurs shown to be covered in hair-like 'pycnofibres', proving these flyers were furry and warm-bodied. A pterosaur, not a dinosaur.
When
Late Jurassic, ~150 million years ago
Found in
Kazakhstan
Discovered
Aleksandr Sharov, 1971
Did you know?
- One of the first pterosaurs found covered in hair-like fibres.
- Showed that pterosaurs were fuzzy and probably warm-blooded.
- Its name means 'hairy filth' or 'hairy devil'.
Artwork: Dmitry Bogdanov, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.