Sentences with phrase «pterosaur skull»

When he first saw pictures of this unusual fossilized pterosaur skull from a private collection, Alexander Kellner, a paleontologist at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, didn't think it was real.

High - tech analyses of pterosaur skulls show that the first flying vertebrates packed some sophisticated navigational hardware.

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The crest, which consisted of soft tissue, rises out of a bony ridge in the center of the pterosaur's skull.

Tapejara imperator, a Tupi Indian - Latin hybrid name meaning the old emperor, had a gigantic crest that took up five - sixths the area of the pterosaur's nearly three - foot - long, three - foot - high skull.

The fossil bed found in Brazil contained hundreds of bones from roughly 50 individual pterosaurs, including partial skulls and jawbones, according to the study.