Skiphosoura bavarica Variant:Hand-painted illuminating the colorful coral bed

illuminating the colorful coral bed

It was a formidable predator

reaching lengths of up to 2 meters

It is known for being one of the earliest terrestrial vertebrates

Skiphosoura bavarica Variant:Hand-painted illuminating the colorful coral bedSkiphosoura bavarica is an extinct pterodactyl pterosaur from the Late Jurassic, recently described from an exceptionally complete fossil from the Mrnsheim Formation ( Dritter 's Kieselflinz layer) in a limestone deposit near Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany. The holotype (LF 4157) was discovered in 2015 and prepared using modern techniques that have preserved a significant portion of its bones in three dimensions, a rare occurrence in pterosaurs due to