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Ornithostoma, Extinct Flying Reptile

Ornithostoma is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaurs. Pterodactyloids were the last surviving pterosaurs when the order became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous Period, together with the non-avian dinosaurs and most marine reptiles. Pterodactyls were any of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth, birdlike beak and and a wingspan of 3.3 ft or less. Pterosaurs (winged lizard) were flying reptiles of the order Pterosauria. Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved powered flight. Illustration originally captioned: The Great Pterodactyl Ornithostoma, after Lucas. American Museum of Natural History. No date.

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Ornithostoma, Extinct Flying Reptile

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Ornithostoma is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaurs. Pterodactyloids were the last surviving pterosaurs when the order became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous Period, together with the non-avian dinosaurs and most marine reptiles. Pterodactyls were any of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth, birdlike beak and and a wingspan of 3.3 ft or less. Pterosaurs (winged lizard) were flying reptiles of the order Pterosauria. Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved powered flight. Illustration originally captioned: The Great Pterodactyl Ornithostoma, after Lucas. American Museum of Natural History. No date.

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ANIMAL • ANIMALIA • ART • ARTWORK • BIRDLIKE BEAK • BW • CHORDATA • CRETACEOUS PERIOD • CRETACEOUS • DRAWING • EARLIEST VERTEBRATES • EARLY VERTEBRATES • EXTINCT • EXTINCTION • FAUNA • FLYING LIZARD • FLYING REPTILES • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • JURASSIC PERIOD • JURASSIC • ORNITHOSTOMA • PALAEOBIOLOGY • PALAEONTOLOGY • PALAEOZOOLOGY • PALEOBIOLOGY • PALEONTOLOGY • PALEOZOOLOGY • POWERED FLIGHT • PREHISTORIC • PREHISTORICAL • PREHISTORY • PTERODACTYLOID • PTERODACTYLS • PTEROSAURIA • PTEROSAURS • REPTIL • REPTILE • REPTILES • REPTILIA • RESTORATION • TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATE • VERTEBRATE • VERTEBRATES • WILDLIFE • WINGED LIZARD