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Description
Scientific Name: Dimorphodon macronyx‭
Pronunciation: die-more-fo-don
Meaning in Latin: Double-form tooth / Two-form tooth
Code Name: Dimorpho
Discovered by: Richard Owen, 1859
Classification: Animalia, Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Pterosauria, Macronychoptera, Dimorphodontia, Dimorphodontidae, Dimorphodontinae

Temporal range: Early Jurassic, 197 to 190 million years ago
Location: England,‭ ‬Dorset‭ ‬-‭ ‬Jurassic Coast
Length: 1 meter (3.3 feet) long, 1.2 to 1.45 meters (4 to 4.6 feet) wingspan
Weight: 2 kilograms (5 lbs)
Diet: Carnivore

This huge-headed pterosaur swooped and soared around Europe's coastlines in the Late Jurassic. It had the wingspan of a large seagull and a high-beaked outsize skull like a puffin's but its two kinds of teeth - fangs at the front, grinding pegs at the back - suggest a diet of insects, small animals and carrion rather than wriggly fish.

On land it was probably a quadruped, as other pterosaurs' fossilised trackways reveal them to have crawled on all fours. Mary Anning discovered the first known British pterosaur fossil in the Blue Lias cliffs near Lyme Regis in 1828 but this fossil was missing the animal's distinctive skull. A year later William Buckland named it Pterodactylus macronyx‭ but in 1858, after the discovery of a complete Dimorphodon fossil, Richard Owen granted the present genus name while retaining the species name that describes the large claws on its lands. It would have used them for climbing up steep surfaces to heights from which it could leap off and fly.

Model based on: Dimorphodon from Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough
Spore Abilities: Level 1 Jump, Level 5 Glide, Level 1 Sneak, Level 2 Sprint, Level 4 Bite, Level 2 Charge, Level 1 Strike, Level 1 Sing, Level 2 Dance, Level 2 Charm

Credit to gruekiller for the pterosaur base and puma7372 for the Northern Tuatara
Dimorphodon and Northern Tuatara made in SPORE
Made in Adobe Photoshop

Note: This SPORE model has Creepy & Cute parts. SPORE players downloading this model is required to have the C&C expansion pack in order to access to the model.
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Description
Scientific Name: Dimorphodon macronyx‭
Pronunciation: die-more-fo-don
Meaning in Latin: Double-form tooth / Two-form tooth
Code Name: Dimorpho
Discovered by: Richard Owen, 1859
Classification: Animalia, Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Pterosauria, Macronychoptera, Dimorphodontia, Dimorphodontidae, Dimorphodontinae

Temporal range: Early Jurassic, 197 to 190 million years ago
Location: England,‭ ‬Dorset‭ ‬-‭ ‬Jurassic Coast
Length: 1 meter (3.3 feet) long, 1.2 to 1.45 meters (4 to 4.6 feet) wingspan
Weight: 2 kilograms (5 lbs)
Diet: Carnivore

This huge-headed pterosaur swooped and soared around Europe's coastlines in the Late Jurassic. It had the wingspan of a large seagull and a high-beaked outsize skull like a puffin's but its two kinds of teeth - fangs at the front, grinding pegs at the back - suggest a diet of insects, small animals and carrion rather than wriggly fish.

On land it was probably a quadruped, as other pterosaurs' fossilised trackways reveal them to have crawled on all fours. Mary Anning discovered the first known British pterosaur fossil in the Blue Lias cliffs near Lyme Regis in 1828 but this fossil was missing the animal's distinctive skull. A year later William Buckland named it Pterodactylus macronyx‭ but in 1858, after the discovery of a complete Dimorphodon fossil, Richard Owen granted the present genus name while retaining the species name that describes the large claws on its lands. It would have used them for climbing up steep surfaces to heights from which it could leap off and fly.

Model based on: Dimorphodon from Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough
Spore Abilities: Level 1 Jump, Level 5 Glide, Level 1 Sneak, Level 2 Sprint, Level 4 Bite, Level 2 Charge, Level 1 Strike, Level 1 Sing, Level 2 Dance, Level 2 Charm

Credit to gruekiller for the pterosaur base and puma7372 for the Northern Tuatara
Dimorphodon and Northern Tuatara made in SPORE
Made in Adobe Photoshop

Note: This SPORE model has Creepy & Cute parts. SPORE players downloading this model is required to have the C&C expansion pack in order to access to the model.
Premium Content price size: Small