3. Ferrodraco
Description
Adele talks about the species of pterosaur she named: Ferrodraco lentoni affectionately known as Butch, or the Iron Dragon a winged reptile with a wingspan of 4m (just over 13 feet!)
Plus insight from fossil preparator Ali Calvey and discoverer of the Ferrodraco holotype specimen, Bob Elliott.
And a quick detour to talk about weird marine microfossils trapped in amber from the Cretaceous of southwestern France, ~100 million years old.
Links:
Random Fossil Fact
Evidence for marine microfossils from amber
Ferrodraco
4-metre flying reptile unearthed in Queensland is our best pterosaur fossil yet
The osteology of Ferrodraco lentoni, an anhanguerid pterosaur from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia
Capacity for the cretaceous pterosaur Anhanguera to launch from water
Pterosaur tracks and the terrestrial ability of pterosaurs
The Secrets of Sand: A Journey Into the Amazing Microscopic World of Sand
Prep-a-Dino at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs
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