paleopeter
Germanodactylus cristatus
Updated 08 04 2020
I have added a lot more vegetation & changed the background fauna; clearly I have too much time on my hands!
The background fauna from left to right: Rhamphorhynchus, the dwarf island Brachiosaur Europasaurus, Compsognathus & Archaeopteryx.
Name: Germanodactylus.
Meaning of name: German finger.
Species: G. cristatus.
Classification: Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Dsungaripteroidea, Germanodactylidae.
Time period: Kimmeridgian to Tithonian stages of the Late Jurassic.
Distribution: Germany & UK.
Wingspan: 1m.
Lifestyle: Piscivore & probably shellfish.
Germanodactylus cristatus
Updated 08 04 2020
I have added a lot more vegetation & changed the background fauna; clearly I have too much time on my hands!
The background fauna from left to right: Rhamphorhynchus, the dwarf island Brachiosaur Europasaurus, Compsognathus & Archaeopteryx.
Name: Germanodactylus.
Meaning of name: German finger.
Species: G. cristatus.
Classification: Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Dsungaripteroidea, Germanodactylidae.
Time period: Kimmeridgian to Tithonian stages of the Late Jurassic.
Distribution: Germany & UK.
Wingspan: 1m.
Lifestyle: Piscivore & probably shellfish.