Pterosaurs

The famous Romanian azhdarchid pterosaur has recently been reinterpreted as having a relatively short and robust neck instead of the usual giraffe-like neck most of its relatives are believed to have had.  Here it is attacking some unfortunate heron-like theropod, inspired by the fragmentary remains of possible trodoontids and alvarezsaurids present on the ancient island of Hateg.

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Anurognathus 3D model. I think I’ll take a break from modeling pterosaurs for a while, those wings are finicky af and give me a headache. ;)

I tried making this one a bit more accurate than Caviramus (I even gave it 4 toes!), although it’s still very much meant to be a stylized design. 

Oh, and I didn’t notice until the very end that some of its upper teeth went missing! Must’ve accidentally deleted them during the process. Well, let’s pretend that’s part of the design :D

With its 16 m (52 ft) wingspan, Quetzalcoatlus is the largest animal ever to have soared the skies. It is named after the Aztec feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl. 

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Inktober #4

Flight

A flock of the enantiornithine bird Avisaurus is dwarfed by an azhdarchid pterosaur. 

Anurognathus ammoni trying to catch an insect.

“ Batrachognathus volans  “ Monochrome and coloring version

It’s a frosty day in Cretaceous Argentina, and a hungry buitreraptor has startled an aerotitan flapling. Though someday the flapling may dwarf the gangly dinosaur, it has nothing to fear now; this ruffled stranger has better things to do than wrestle a baby dragon.

Read on to see how the new pterosaur sizes up, and what it tells us about pterosaurs’ flying rivals: the birds!

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.

A slightly immature Pterodactylus pterosaur by an ancient seashore. A mature specimen can be seen on the background.