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paleopeter — Dimorphodon with Scelidosaurus.
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Updated 16 10 2019Dimorphodon.
Meaning of name: Two types of teeth.
Species: D. macronyx.
Classification: Pterosauria, Dimorphodontidae, Dimorphodontinae.
Time period: Hattengian to Sinemurian stages of the Early Jurassic.
Distribution: Southern England.
Wingspan: 1.4m.
Lifestyle: Insectivore.
Background is photo of River Exe Estuary, South West England plus a Scelidosaurus.
Because I read that there is no evidence of crests on Dimorphodontidae & that it is common on birds with deep beaks to use them for display, they suggested that Dimorphodon may have been similar. I have attempted to recreate this with brightly coloured reptilian fenestra.
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Why is his head shrink-wrapped?
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Because I read that there is no evidence of crests on Dimorphodontidae & that it is common on birds with deep beaks to use them for display, they suggested that Dimorphodon may have been similar. I have attempted to recreate this with brightly coloured reptilian fenestra.
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Modern animals don't have such obvious impressions of their skulls, so why should he?
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You are right about the fenestra under the fur that shouldn’t be visible, I will change it but extant animals can only be a rough indicator, the first tetrapod’s didn’t look like a frog, volant animals today don’t have the vast bony jaws of a pterosaur, in fact the longest jaws of any terrestrial animal probably belonged to a pterosaur (Witton)
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There is evidence that some Ankylosauria supplemented their diet with meat!
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