Pterosaurs were flying reptiles related to dinosaurs.
The likely word is the flying reptile (pterosaur) named the pterodactyl.(Genus Pterodactylus)
pterosaur wing bones.
The most famous pterosaur known from fossils found in Texas was the Quetzalcoatlus. Quetzalcoatlus is the largest well known pterosaur, with a wingspan estimated to have been between 33 and 36 feet. Weight estimates are very difficult, as there are no modern animals with a body plan similar to that of the Quetzalcoatlus, but they range from from 150 to 550 pounds.
The "pterodactyl" was a flying dinosaur, named for the clawed digits on its wingtips.
There are over 135 known genera of pterosaur, but none are known to have been plant eaters. All known pterosaurs were carnivores, and depending on the species, their diet would have consisted of insects, fish, or small land animals.
All known pterosaurs were carnivores. Depending on the species, they ate insects, fish, or small land animals.
There were hundreds or thousands of different species of pterosaur. Although they all were carnivores, meaning that they hunted other animals for food, different species had different types of prey. Depending on the species they would have hunted insects, fish, or small land animals like lizards, amphibians, and primitive mammals.
The likely word is the flying dinosaur (pterosaur) called the pterodactyl.
There are hundreds of known species of pterosaur, and that is only a fraction of the total number of species of pterosaur that existed, as people have only discovered a small percentage of them. Different pterosaur species grew to different sizes. One of the smaller pterosaurs was Pterodactylus, which had an adult wingspan of about 5 feet. The largest well known pterosaur is Quetzalcoatlus, which had a wingspan of 33 to 36 feet. It may have weighed as much as 440 to 550 pounds, but there are no modern animals with a similar body plan to pterosaurs and thus determining their weight is nearly impossible.
Pterodactylus refers to a specific species of pterosaur. However, people often use the word "pterodactyl" interchangeably with "pterosaur" when they talk about flying reptiles. When discussing flying reptiles in general, the correct word is pterosaur, while Pterodactylus refers to a specific type of pterosaur.
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