May 9, 2019
Caviramus was another crested Late Triassic pterosaur. Raeticodactylus likely also belongs to this genus.
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Caviramus was another crested Late Triassic pterosaur. Raeticodactylus likely also belongs to this genus.
Sorry for the long absence. Here is Austriadraco, a small late Triassic pterosaur from Austria. It has a short coracoid and may have been closely related to Articodactylus, who shares this trait.
This one was tricky as I couldn’t find any pictures off the fossils, just numeric proportions and a skeletal. The pose it meant to be for display by holding the wings up to flash the red and white markings.
Raeticodactylus going in for a landing. This is a bit out of order (Austriadraco should have been next) but I had already sketch it.
Raeticodactylus had a wingspan of about 1.35m (~4.5 ft) and likely ate fish. It is known from a disarticulated skeleton that includes an almost complete skull. Unusually for such an early pterosaur, Raeticodactylus had a crest. It’s possible that it is synonymous with Caviramus, or they are sister taxa.
Next up is Articodactylus.
This one is another little guy with short wings and big feet. Articodactylus had a wingspan of about 2 ft and was unearthed in Greenland, hence its name.
Carniadactylus
This guy is a little bit controversial, it was initially thought that it was in the same genus as Eudimorphodon, and then sister to Caviramus or Peteinosaurus, but I chose to draw it as its own. Basically its a little bitty guy with multi-cusped teeth, long wings, and big feet.
Eudimorphodon in flight.
I forgot how much fun it is to work with white with blue shading.
Peteinosaurus zambellii launching itself into flight.
Austriadactylus is finally done. I must say I spent a lot of time looking at reconstructions of pterosaur wings. I tried to capture the soft flesh wedge behind the arms and hint at the fibers that strengthen the wing membrane. I also figured since the crest is such a unique feature on a primitive pterosaur it probably would have just been bony and not nearly as fleshy as its later relatives'.