RE: What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?
August 24, 2022 at 7:04 pm
(This post was last modified: August 24, 2022 at 7:11 pm by Anomalocaris.)
On the subject of pter, Pterodactyl, from Greek for wing finger, is not a flying dinosaur like many people think because it is not a dinosaur at all, although it is reasonable closely related to dinosaurs.
Also, most of what many people mistakenly think of as flying dinosaurs and call pterodactyls are not pterodactyls because pterodactyl refer to just a one genus out of many of flying reptile, and there is only one known specie within the pterodactyl genus.
Rather the larger group of flying reptiles distantly related to dinosaurs is called, appropriately, Pterosaurs.
The largest pterosaur is the size of a giraffe, but being light boned, probably weighed only 500 lbs or so.
Also, most of what many people mistakenly think of as flying dinosaurs and call pterodactyls are not pterodactyls because pterodactyl refer to just a one genus out of many of flying reptile, and there is only one known specie within the pterodactyl genus.
Rather the larger group of flying reptiles distantly related to dinosaurs is called, appropriately, Pterosaurs.
The largest pterosaur is the size of a giraffe, but being light boned, probably weighed only 500 lbs or so.
