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Dendrorhynchoidesby ~MattMart

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Another field guide entry, here's Dendrorhynchoides. As someone said in the scrapbook WIP comments... anurognathids are weird. Furry frog-bats. With furry edges to their patagia for silent flight, like the frayed flight feathers of an owl. Short, broad wings = high maneuverability, great for chasing after bugs between tree trunks or out over Yixian lakes. Big, wide frog mouth for catching them. I've seen reconstructions give them long, bug-sensing whiskers like an Owlet-nightjar, though I don't think there's direct evidence for this (but correct me if I'm wrong, cause that would look way cool).

Update 15/6/10: A few tweaks after comparing with more skeletals and re-reading the integument paper. Mainly lengthening of the wing finger and neck, and restricting the pycnofibres to the distal trailing edge of the actinopatagium.

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Pycnofibre distribution based on the paper:
* Alexander W. A. Kellner, Xiaolin Wang, Helmut Tischlinger, Diogenes de Almeida Campos, David W. E. Hone, and Xi Meng. (2009). "The soft tissue of Jeholopterus (Pterosauria, Anurognathidae, Batrachognathinae) and the structure of the pterosaur wing membrane", Proc. R. Soc. B doi: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0846

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~8bitAviation May 1, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I really like your field guide pictures. They show them as real animals that people might go out and look for. "Oh look! A lesser striped long wing!"

*comixqueen Nov 24, 2012 Student

Adorable!!

~joffeorama Oct 6, 2012

Super cute, and I love how diverse the new prehistoric animal finds are. It paints the picture of a much more dynamic and fascinating world than we used to get. Frog-flying squirrel mixed pterosaur? Yes please.

~TheMorlock May 8, 2012 Student General Artist

Furry frog bats FTW!

~RajaHarimau98 Apr 11, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Bizarre and cute, kind of like a furry frogmouth-nightjar-bat combination.

~Smnt2000 Apr 6, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Wonderful work as usual. Only one question: do pterosaurus actually have pycnofibres on their wings? I don't know any more: first it was yes, then no, then yes again, then no and it goes on like that.
Still, this is just amazing, love the colours

~MattMart Apr 6, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

It seems to depend on the species. Jeholopterus (a close relative of Dendro) seems to have a fringe of pycnofibres along the edge of the wing membrane but not on the patagium itself. This may be a silencing feature like the 'frayed' wing feathers of owls. Pterorhynchus appears to have pycnofibres covering at least some of the actual wing membrane. Pterodactylus and Rhamphorhynchus seem to have completely naked wings.

So, it looks like there was a lot of variety in the distribution of pycnofibres in pterosaurs.

~Smnt2000 Apr 7, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Really interesting stuff. I didn't know of such a disparity.
It's curious to note that, for now, in-land pterosaurus have more pycnofibres on their wings compared to species that live near water.
I'm guessing it's just a coincidence, but it's peculiar too.
There is so much to know.
Thanks a lot for your answer

*thegriffin88 Mar 8, 2012 Student General Artist

Why he's just adorable! <3

~nemo-ramjet Nov 10, 2011

Wow - a frogbatmomonga!

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