pterozactyl

 I read. I listen. I think. I write. I question. I decide. I'm Zac.

[scuteagenda]

Ok how the fuck do your draw pterosaurs 

[djcrumrine]

Another practice I’ve been doing between homework lately. I need to get better at colouring and cleaning.

[jackthevulture]

Some new designs over on my Redbubble! 

[elimagnoli]

10 - “GIGANTIC” (Quetzalcoatlus)

[tarzarosgui]

Type of food

[palaeoblr]

Dsungaripterus. Cretaceous. China

[elimagnoli]

Squeaky Caviramus!

It took me AGES to fix those wing membranes, they clip so easily during flight! It’s my fault really for not using a cloth simulator from the start! If only I had known sooner…derp.

Created in Blender.

[fossilporn]

An Anhanguera Pterosaur (pterodactyl) skeleton at the North American Museum of Ancient Life.  The Anhanguera lived during the Upper Cretaceous period and had a wing span of up to 15 feet.  It’s fossils have primarily been found in the Santana Formation of Brazil.

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[thagomizersshow]

Whew, this one was a long time coming! Hope everyone enjoys!

[paleofeathers-deactivated201809]

Can I just say that I SERIOUSLY LOVE Chris Masna! Not only are his dinosaurs accurate, but he’s done some amazing pieces for the upcoming game Saurian!

[franzanth]

BORK BORK

[trackalaka]

a couple more doodles of this duo! raising a baby pterosaur is a handful but eventually they’ll be a big horse-bird-thing, so that’s cool

[paleotopresent-deactivated20210]

QUETZALCOATLUS

Quetzalcoatlus goes down in history as the largest flying organism of all time, with a wingspan of 12 metres, which is larger than some planes. Quetzalcoatlus was the undisputed king of the Late cretaceous skies, so it seems fitting that its name is derived from an Aztec god, Quetzalcoatl. Although its wingspan is impressive, Quetzalcoatlus also had a huge 2.5 metre long skull, that is the average height of an Asian elephant! To get such a huge animal in the air, a complex system of air sacs was needed inside the bones, this meant that Quetzalcoatlus probably weighed no more than 250kg. Quetzalcoatlus, along with many pterosaurs, was originally thought to spend most of its time gliding over the oceans, skimming fish out from the surface of the water with their elongated beaks. However, due to the skull and beak morphology and the presence of fossils far inland it has become more widely accepted that Quetzalcoatlus stalked prey far below on the land. The fore and hind limb morphology of Quetzalcoatlus also suggests that they were competent walkers on the land, they would have stood up to 3 metres tall. 

The feeding habits of Quetzalcoatlus still remain something of a mystery. It was originally thought to be more of a scavenger, but the blunt beak was unsuited to stripping and picking flesh of a bony creature. It is more likely that Quetzalcoatlus hunted like modern-day storks, stalking the land from the skies above for smaller animals and then swooping down to eat them whole.

[dezzoi-deactivated20240303]

“I kinda maybe want to stay in the nest where it’s warm and not dangerous.”

Thunderclap as a flapling or some shit…

Don’t even know why I drew this. 

Thunderclap © Pixar (The Good Dinosaur)

[tsaagan]

I made some gifs

[magpietoes]

Merry dinomas for @pied-piper-pluto- express gift delivery, Dinotopia style! I happened to have a dream of flying on a huge pterosaur the night before I got my assignment and then I spotted some in your gallery - I hope you like it! It’s obviously inspired by the Skybax from the Dinotopia books but with what I hope are more realistic proportions for an azhdarchid. I also styled the saddle after an Anomalocaris just for fun, though my camera ate some of the details. Apologies for missing the date!

Part of @a-dinosaur-a-day ‘s Secret Sinosauropteryx gift exhange.

EDIT; fixed the broken tag

[radicalestes]

Sealights meets the Archangel–probably still a wip, but I’ve hit a bump with it, so for now, enjoy!