#simurghia robusta

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The scale is a little weird but do this by myself at night

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can we go back to Simurghia yet

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Simurghia

By Midiaou Diallo; retrieved from http://www.pteros.com/, a website dedicated to education about Pterosaurs.

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Name: Simurghia robusta

First Described: 2018

Described By: Longrich et al.

Classification: Avemetatarsalia, Ornithodira, Pterosauromorpha, Pterosauria, Macronychoptera, Novialoidea, Breviquartossa, Pterodactylomorpha, Monofenestrata, Pterodactyliformes, Caelidracones, Pterodactyloidea, Eupterodactyloidea, Ornithocheiroidea, Pteranodontoidea, Pteranodontia, Nyctosauridae

Simurghia is another nyctosaurid from late Cretaceous Morocco. This one is only known from a single humerus similar to that of Alcione, but twice the size. In spite of its incompleteness, subtle features in the humerus differentiate it from all other nyctosaurids. Like other nyctosaurids, it was likely a coastal fish-eater. The humerus doesn’t seem to be as adapted for diving as that of Alcione, and its rarity indicates it might have frequented the shores a bit less often.

Source:

Longrich, N.R., Martill, D., Andres, B. 2018. Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. PLOS Biology 16(4): e1002627.