Pterosaur (Pterodactyl)

All known pterosaurs were carnivores. There is no evidence that any pterosaurs ate any plants at all, and thus it is safe to say that at least most, if not all pterosaurs were hypercarnivorous.

All Pterosaurs have relatively short legs, and that includes Pterodactylus. If their legs were longer than they needed to be, they would have been heavy and would have thus made it more difficult for the pterosaur to fly.

Not in English. It comes from a compound word meaning "wing-finger" in Greek.

Pterodactylus fossils are known from between 150.8 to 148.5 million years ago. This was during the Tithonian stage of the late Jurassic period, the second period of the Mesozoic era.

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Pterodactylus fossils date to between 150.8 and 148.5 million years ago. That was during the Tithonian stage of the Jurassic period.

No. Pterodactyls were actually quite small. And even the largest relative of the pterodactyl, quetzalcoatlus, could not pick anything nearly that heavy.

Pterodactylus would have flown above the ground. While flying, they would have searched for prey that they could hunt and eat, small animals such as lizards, amphibians, primitive mammals, fish, and possibly insects.

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they didn't evolve much, but they actually got bgger as time went on :)

If varies depending on the type of pterosaur. Most pterosaurs are believed to have eaten sea food such as fish, and also insects. It is even believed that the largest pterosaurs ate small dinosaurs!

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The Pterosauria order was divided into two suborders. The first was the Rhamphorhynchoidea, which had teeth and long tails, and didn't have bony crests. The second was the Pterodactyloidea, and they had very short tails, many types were toothless, and many types did have elaborate bony crests. The Pterodactyloidea evolved from the Rhamphorhynchoidea during the Jurassic, so technically most scientists consider Pterodactyloidea to be a subgroup of Rhamphorhynchoidea.

No one can prove what does not exist. However, I will say I have seen things in South America which would totally qualify as a pterodactyl. It is not so strange to find out that creatures which we thought were gone from this planet, yet still exist.

There were many species of pterosaurs, ranging from small, such as the Pterodactylus, with only a 5 foot wingspan, to huge, such as the Quetzalcoatlus with a 33 foot wingspan. Quetzalcoatlus weight estimates range from 150 to 550 pounds. Of course, a small pterosaur like Pterodactylus would have only weighed a pound or so, maybe less.

Pterodactylus is only known from fossils, and these do not preserve color. Because we don't know what color they were, it is hard to say whether they were camouflaged.

Quetzalcoatlus died out 65.5 million years ago, at the same time as all other pterosaurs, the non-avian dinosaurs, and many other species became extinct. This is known as the K-T Extinction Event, and it wiped out 75% of Earth's species. The most widely accepted theory for the cause of this extinction is that a 6 mile wide asteroid crashed into the Yucatan Peninsula, leaving a crater that was 100 miles wide. So much ash and dust were launched into the atmosphere by the impact that sunlight was blocked for months or even years. During that time, plants withered and died, leaving plant eaters to starve, and their predators would have in turn died. Quetzalcoatlus was a carnivore, so it would have died after all of its prey disappeared.

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.

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Pterodactylus was a pterosaur, or flying reptile. Paleontologists believe that like all pterosaurs, Pterodactylus would have needed to be warm blooded in order to keep up with the rigorous demands of flight.

Pterodactyl comes from the Greek meaning "winged finger". Ptero is the Greek for winged, so it comes from the Greek. In Greek, the "p" isn't silent.

There are far too many differences to list, but here are a few major ones. Pterodactylus was a pterosaur, eagles are birds. Pterodactylus was partially covered in hair-like pycnofibers, eagles are almost completely covered in feathers. Pterodactylus had a long neck, long jaws, and lots of tiny teeth, while eagles have a short neck, a short, curved beak, and no teeth. Pterodactylus would have killed its prey with its teeth, while eagles kill their prey with their talons. Pterodactylus walked on all fours, while eagles walk on two feet.

These organisms share a common ancestor with each other.

There are no dinosaurs that are alive today, including your "pterodactyl". But if you must know, it was a carnivore (meat eating creature). So it will eat anything it can fit in its mouth that has meat.

Ancient Order of the Pterodactyl was created in 1977.