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Moganopterus, the largest toothed pterosaur?

Adam Khor · 2019-08-06 23:54:41

Move over Coloborhynchus... it seems that Moganopterus, found in China, had the largest skull of any toothed pterosaur ever found- what is preserved is 95 cms long; its wingspan has been estimated at 5-7 meters. The jaws were extremely elongated, and the skull was 11.5 times as long as it was tall!…

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Adam Khor

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Move over Coloborhynchus... it seems that Moganopterus, found in China, had the largest skull of any toothed pterosaur ever found- what is preserved is 95 cms long; its wingspan has been estimated at 5-7 meters. The jaws were extremely elongated, and the skull was 11.5 times as long as it was tall!

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1755-6724.2012.00658.x/abstract

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