Anurognathus
3D Dinopedia Insectivorous
Period of life:
151-149 mya
Habitat:
Coasts
Taxonomy:
Pterosaurs
Height:
0.05 m
Countries:
3D Dinopedia images/flags/Germany.png
Jurassic period Anurognathus | 3D Dinopedia
Jurassic period Anurognathus 3D Dinopedia
Jurassic period Anurognathus 3D Dinopedia
Jurassic period Anurognathus 3D Dinopedia
Anurognatus lived at the end of the Jurassic period in what is now Germany. It was one of the smallest pterosaurs: its wingspan was only 35 cm, and the mass was about 40 grams. They were small animals with short and wide heads, huge eyes and small sharp teeth. The short tails of anurognathids probably gave them more maneuverability when hunting small, fast prey. Large eyes suggest that these pterosaurs hunted at dusk and were nocturnal predators, preying on insects in the gloomy thicket of the prehistoric forest. The genus was described by Ludwig Döderlein in 1923 on the basis of a find in a limestone quarry in Bavaria consisting of a relatively complete but destroyed skeleton on a slab.
Other animals
3D Dinopedia INTERESTING FACTS
3D Dinopedia PUZZLES
3D Dinopedia HOME
3D Dinopedia 3D MODEL "SKIN"
3D Dinopedia 3D MODEL "MUSCLES"
3D Dinopedia 3D MODEL "SKELETON"
3D Dinopedia VISION
3D Dinopedia NEIGHBORS
3D Dinopedia VOICE ACTING
3D Dinopedia AR - MODE
3D Dinopedia GALLERY
3D Dinopedia HISTORY OF DISCOVERIES