#extinct monsters

(Other than what I’ve said, there isn’t too much on him. However, he’s not the only one of his kind, as numerous other extinct monsters exist. All of them started out as actual monster concepts, but have since been changed to this role. Others include..)

(Igurueibisu, the progenitor for all Bird Wyverns)

(Keputosu, the ancestor of raptorial Bird Wyverns)

(Boroduru, the ancestor of winged Bird Wyverns)

(Sherureusu, an ancestor of the Raths)

(Canopus, an extinct relative of the Raths)

(and an unnamed Piscine Wyvern that’s the distant ancestor of Lagiacrus.)

Have one of my favourite pterosaurs, often mistaken for or used synonymously with Ornithocheirus, a very dubious genus to which fragmentary remains possibly consisting of several different other species or genera have been ascribed to.

Anhanguera was a mid sized ocean fairing pterosaur, reaching a wingspan of around 15ft. They would have spent much of their time on the wing feeding out at sea.

Extinct monsters; a popular account of some of the larger forms of ancient animal life  by Hutchinson, H. N. (Henry Neville), 1856-1927