Fossil pterosaur skeleton
Place Collected(Object)
: Europe, Germany, Bayern, Solnhofen Date: Acquired in February 2004
Dimensions:length=115; width=70; height=1 cm
Taxonomy
- Attributes
- Objects
- Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
- Phylum:
Chordata
- Class:
Reptilia
- Order:
Pterosauria
- Family:
Rhamphorhynchidae
- Genus:
Rhamphorhynchus
- SpecificEpithet:
muensteri
Object number: ROMVP55352
Credit Line: Gift of the Louise Hawley Stone Charitable Trust
Gallery Location:James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs, Life on Land Jurassic, Pterosaurs, Rhamphorhynchus
DescriptionThis pterosaur (flying reptile) had sharp teeth to catch slippery fish, which it may have carried in a pouch-like structure in its throat, much as a pelican does today. There is even a small fish head preserved in the throat region of this particularly well-preserved specimen.
