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Published: 2014-01-28 04:33:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 2990; Favourites: 111; Downloads: 18
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Could be a Navajodactylus or any of the other azhdarchids known from fragmentary remains found in the Dinosaur Park formation. Anatomy based on Quetzalcoatlus with colouration based on the Japanese Crane.Related content
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Cool, but I don't think they would put their wings under their elbow/ shoulder. And give it sth to eat ^w^
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Unfortunately this was based on a David Peters skeletal. I didn't find out until later.
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It was, last I heard. What kind is it?
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Undeterminate for now, but lacks speciations seen in azhdarchids.
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I know let's name it! No, maybe we should just let it to the professionals or more evidence of the azhdarchid so they can give it an official name. Until the future.
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It has a name, Navajodactylus.
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Oh...
Alright then, Ive must've misread the comment.
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He looks like someone said something bad about his mom, then he backed his head up and said "Wha'chu say 'bout mah momma?"
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Probably accurate.
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I'd think it'd be more knelt over. Y'know... to support it's weight.
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Unfortunately the skeletal I based it on was by David Peters. I didn't find out until it was too late.
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Yeah. Always check. I suppose it could be temporarily rearing up on it's back legs.
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Nice work! Really shows the bizarre proportions of azdarchids. And for once a scientifically plausible rendition of leg membranes.
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Thanks. 
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Peters did get one important thing right though... the lack of maladaptive "bat wing" membranes connecting the wings to the legs (a major flaw in the drawings of Witton and most other "mainstream" pterosaur workers which would have made walking impossible given the ptagium's very un-batlike rigid fibrous structure - fortunately John Conway and Mike Habib avoided this bandwagon assumption by freeing the legs from the wings and giving them their own separate set of tail-secured membranes, which is legitimately supported by some fossils).
Peters correctly pointed out that in the few fossils where there appears to be a connecting membrane from the wings to the ankles, it's no more than a random stain, an irregular artifact of preservation, an inconsistent smudge which does not resemble the wing impressions in color or texture and did not come from the pterosaur's body. Which is doubly ironic since he seems to judge other irregular artifacts of preservation as being actual structures on the animal's body (the axial body especially).
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It kinda reminds me of the Azhdarchid skeletals that David Peters made:Β
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Without the extreme crests of course. Is that a coincidence? Because to my knowledge their limbs were sprawled out like this pterosaurs.files.wordpress.comβ¦
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Oh, that does ring a bell. Except the skeletal I used didn't have a long tail. I'm not too worried about posture, though. Real animals don't seem to.
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Yeah, the tail pretty much counts as the crest too, due to the nature of the weird tail.Β
Although I am worried about the posture. Mostly because the position is of a biped, which obviously Pterosaurs weren't. This is due to the way the spine is oriented is more steep, which with the head held nearly directly above would cause a biped great discomfort, as it looks like it's going to fall over. That and how it's wing looks like its bent in a very odd way compared the way they were actually orientated. And the fingers look exactly like that of those of David Peters.Β
To my knowledge, the limbs were a bit more sprawled out (like this:3.bp.blogspot.com/_JbOknwQdKo4β¦ ). The neck would of been held out a bot more, and the spine would been a bit less steep.
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I suppose he could be simply rearing up on his hind legs? The fingers don't look that different to me.
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I think it could just be the fingers facing the side, rather then being flat on the ground, which makes it look a bit David Peter-like.Β
I guess rearing on its hind legs would makes sense.
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The head looks far too big for its body. I know that azhdarchids had huge beaks, but stillΒ - that head looks absolutely massive.
On the plus side, this artworkΒ of one of my favorite prehistoric creatures is great!
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The head does look big, but I just traced it over the skeletal.
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This is amazing, Navajodactylus was also found in Kirtland formation in New Mexico. (My home state!)
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Cool. Too bad we don't have more material on it.
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The head and neck is like 80% of the whole animal.
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Yeah, pretty much.
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