7 questions · Nature
Not all prehistoric reptiles were dinosaurs: the skies belonged to the pterosaurs like Pteranodon and the giant Quetzalcoatlus, the seas to marine reptiles like Mosasaurus, Plesiosaurus and the dolphin-like Ichthyosaurus. This pack gathers the winged and the swimming relatives of the dinosaurs: plus the feathered ‘first bird’ Archaeopteryx, the link between dinosaurs and today's birds, as well as the long-necked Elasmosaurus among the marine reptiles. In this pack you see a picture of a prehistoric animal and name it. Every species comes with background: how big it was, what it ate, when it lived and the story behind it, including the popular myths from films like Jurassic Park. All images are public domain or freely licensed (life reconstructions from Wikimedia Commons). You'll learn to recognise pterosaurs, marine reptiles and the early birds and why, strictly speaking, they are not dinosaurs. Good to know: A feathered ‘first bird’ the size of a magpie: half dinosaur, half bird, with feathers but also teeth and a clawed hand.
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Which prehistoric animal is this?
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Archaeopteryx
A feathered ‘first bird’ the size of a magpie: half dinosaur, half bird, with feathers but also teeth and a clawed hand.
💡 Did you know? The most famous specimens come from the Solnhofen limestone in Bavaria.
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Pteranodon
A large flying reptile with huge wings and a backward-pointing head crest. It glided over the seas of the Cretaceous.
💡 Did you know? Strictly speaking it is not a dinosaur but a pterosaur: a close relative.
Foto: Connor Ashbridge · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Quetzalcoatlus
One of the largest flying animals of all time: a pterosaur with the wingspan of a small aircraft. On the ground it stood as tall as a giraffe.
💡 Did you know? Its wingspan reached up to ten or eleven metres.
Foto: Jonagold2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Mosasaurus
A colossal marine reptile that ruled the oceans at the end of the Cretaceous. With paddle-like limbs and a powerful tail it hunted fish, ammonites and other sea creatures.
💡 Did you know? It was not a dinosaur but a close relative of today's monitor lizards and snakes.
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