Nov 18, 2021
Archovember Day 18: Moganopterus zhuiana
Moganopterus is a ctenochasmatid pterosaur from Early Cretaceous China. It is only known from a skull and some neck vertebrae, but this is enough to see that it was a pretty strange-looking creature. The skull was 3.12 feet long: the longest known of any toothed pterosaur. By estimating from the size of the skull and neck and comparing Moganopterus to relatives, we can estimate a wingspan of around 23 feet!