Pterosaur (Pterodactyl)

All known pterosaurs were carnivorous. Some ate insects, some ate fish, and others ate small land animals like lizards, amphibians, and primitive mammals. A few were filter feeders, similar to flamingoes, which eat brine shrimp.

Pterodactyl was a real animal. It was a type of flying reptile, but it was neither a dinosaur nor a bird.

Pterodactylus was a carnivore, not an omnivore, because they only ate meat. While young, they would have hunted insects, but in adulthood they would have hunted small fish and land animals such as lizards, amphibians, and primitive mammals.

Trilobites existed between 521 and 250 million years ago. Currently, there are 17,000 known species, but there were probably many, many more that have not been discovered, although they didn't all live at the same time.

Pterodactylus was a carnivore, or meat eater. Young Pterodactylus would have hunted insects, but by adulthood they would hunt small fish, lizards, amphibians, and primitive mammals.

Well, most Plesiosaurs kinda look like non shelled turtles with long necks. There are also short necked species with huge crocodile like jaws with razor sharp teeth. This sub group of Plesiosaurs are known as Pliosaurs. Examples of Plesiosaurs Long necked Plesiosaurus Cryptoclydus Elasmosaurus Short necked (Pliosaurs) Pliosaurus Liopleurodon Well, most Plesiosaurs kinda look like non shelled turtles with long necks. There are also short necked species with huge crocodile like jaws with razor sharp teeth. This sub group of Plesiosaurs are known as Pliosaurs. Examples of Plesiosaurs Long neckedPlesiosaurus Cryptoclydus Elasmosaurus Short necked (Pliosaurs) Pliosaurus Liopleurodon

Pterodactylus died out 40.5 million years ago. All other pterosaurs, or flying reptiles, became extinct by 65.5 million years ago or earlier. However, there are some cryptozoologists (scientists who search for mythical creatures) who believe that a few pterosaurs still exist in remote places.

If you looked at the wings and the short tail, Pterodactylus looked a fair amount like a bat. In fact, parts of the Pterodactylus were covered in hair-like pycnofibers, and both pterosaurs and bats walk on all fours. However, Pterodactylus had a long neck, long, narrow jaws, and even a throat pouch, more similar to birds like pelicans.

No, all pterosaurs died out at the end on the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago.

Pterodactylus is only known from the fossils of juveniles. However, paleontologists can estimate the size of an adult by looking at the numerous sizes and development stages of the juvenile fossils. An adult Pterodactylus's wingspan was probably about 5 feet, and its length was probably about 3 feet or so.

an pterodactyl lived for thousands of years.

Pterodactylus was a carnivore, or meat eater. They hunted small animals like primitive mammals, lizards, insects, and fish.

Pterodactyl was not the only flying dinosaur. They are not even considered dinosaurs. They are however, condsidered the first flying vertabrates. Other than the Pterosaurs there was Tropeognathus, Quetzalcoatlus (the largest), Pterodaustro, Pterodon, Ornithodesmus, Ctenochasma, and many more.

There were also animals that were adapted for gliding and soaring rather than the bird-like flying we think of today.

However modern birds are considered to be flying dinosaurs.

Answer2: Reptiles That Fly

One intriguing type of ancient reptile was the pterosaur ("winged lizard"), which includes the pterodactyl ("winged finger"). But these were not dinosaurs, nor were they birds. They were flying reptiles and are classified with other reptiles such as dinosaurs and crocodiles. Some of them had wingspans of 25 feet [8 m]. One discovered in Texas in 1975 indicates that some had wingspans of more than 50 feet [15 m]. These were perhaps the largest animals ever to fly.

While pterosaurs had the teeth, skull, pelvis, and hind feet of a reptile, they in no way resembled the reptilian dinosaurs. And while they appeared to be a bird with stiff aerodynamic wings, they were much different. Like birds, the pterosaurs had hollow bones and few flexible joints in wings and ankles. However, a bird's wings use feathers rather than a membrane as was the case with the pterosaurs. And the fourth finger of the pterosaur forelimb extended to support the wing membrane. In the bird the second finger is the principal support of the wing.

I'm not a paleontologist but I'm a dino freak and my understanding is that Teradactyl "meaning: winged finger" were larger and had teeth. Pteranadon "meaning: wing without teeth" were smaller and did not have teeth. Some think that Pteranadon's are later versions of the Teradactyl and became more streamlined and lost there teeth through evolution.

A bit of trivia: These were some of the first fliers and had incredibly thin skeletons and would have been inanely clumsy on the ground. Also there necks were very frail and they were no taller than 5 or 6 feet. Contrary to Jurassic Park III, a human could kill one of these with little effort!

small ones where mainly attacked dinosaurs such ornitholestes and other samll theropods and crocodiles for the big ones they attacked by mosasaurs such as tylosaurus and hainosaurus and pliosaurs such kronosaurus

Pterosaur fossils have been found on all continents with the possible exception of Antarctica, but that doesn't mean that pterosaurs didn't live in Antarctica. Because they could fly, were warm blooded, and existed for 145 million years, various species adapted to live in different parts of the world, and pterosaurs probably lived on all continents in all climates.

no one saw a dinosaur it was billions of years ago

Most Pterodactylus fossils are known from the Solnhofen limestone in Bavaria, Germany. However, more fragmentary remains of Pterodactylus have been found in other parts of Europe as well as Africa.

Pterodactylus were carnivores, and had wingspans of about 5 feet. While young, they would have hunted insects, but in adulthood they would have hunted small fish and land animals such as lizards, amphibians, and primitive mammals.

Pterodactylus is a genus belonging to the family Pterodactylidae, the order Pterosauria, and the class Reptilia. Of course, Reptilia belongs to the phylum Chordata, and that belongs to the kingdom Animalia.

When Pterodactylus hatched, they either survived off of a yolk sack or were fed by their parents for just a few days until their wings developed enough that they could fly. Then they would fend for themselves. They would fly to hunt insects until they became large enough to hunt fish, lizards, amphibians, and primitive mammals. If a predator attacked, they would fly away, like a bird. At night they probably slept in trees to stay safe from predators.

# ultralights were compared and were flown on many remarkable long flights. Over time the Pterodactyl has become an aviation legend. The history of the Pterodactyl family of aircraft started off with the design of the Manta Fledge rigid wing hang glider. Designed by the famous designer of the Super Floater glider and later the Drifter ultralight, Klaus Hill, the Fledge hang glider was the high performance hang glider of its time, the mid 1970s. The design evolved through the Fledge I, II and finally the III, with several sub-models designated with letters after the roman numerals. The hang glider relied on its wing sweep for yaw stability and weight shift for pitch control. Unlike flex wing hang gliders, it used tip rudders for roll control, operated by control bar-mounted sliders. #

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.

No fossil evidence has been found that suggests that Pterodactylus lived in any kind of dwelling. Because they could both fly and probably climb, they most likely slept in trees, but not necessarily the same tree every night.

When Pterodactylus hatched, they either survived off of a yolk sack or were fed by their parents for just a few days until their wings developed enough that they could fly. Then they would fend for themselves. They would fly to hunt insects until they became large enough to hunt fish, lizards, amphibians, and primitive mammals. If a predator attacked, they would fly away, like a bird. At night they probably slept in trees to stay safe from predators.