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Updated 21 10 2019
Dimorphodon.
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.
Dimorphodon, post touchdown hop.
I have updated this old image that I drew originally to indicate how impractical it was for a Pterosaur to throw its hind legs forwards during flight on its landing approach, the Dimorphodon in the background being the generally excepted correct posture. However there is a fossil trackway that has been interpreted as a Pterosaur landing on its hind limbs, then hopping forwards once before placing its front limbs on the ground so this image now represents the post touchdown hop!
Dimorphodon.
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.
Dimorphodon, post touchdown hop.
I have updated this old image that I drew originally to indicate how impractical it was for a Pterosaur to throw its hind legs forwards during flight on its landing approach, the Dimorphodon in the background being the generally excepted correct posture. However there is a fossil trackway that has been interpreted as a Pterosaur landing on its hind limbs, then hopping forwards once before placing its front limbs on the ground so this image now represents the post touchdown hop!
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Nice art!