One of the coolest fossils you'll ever see. The fish that caught the pterosaur that caught the fish! Quite possibly the angriest fish ever, this Aspidorhynchus had snagged a pterosaur (Rhamphorhynchus) that had snatched a tiny fish. They became tangled, sunk into the abyss and died together. When the pair became intertwined, the fish’s teeth and pointed bill became jammed in and had even punctured, part of the pterosaur’s leathery left wing. This is one of the 50 extraordinary fossils featured i

Pterosaur fossils are extremely rare. Imagine the excitement when a bone from a juvenile flying reptile was collected at Dinosaur Provincial Park through the Museum’s collaboration with the University of Reading field school. Learn more in this week’s fossil feature with our Dr. Caleb Brown. | Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

Armor FTW - paleontologist cut - make sure to note the small #pterosaur on its back! This awesome #Desmatosuchus, which means “link crocodile,” is on display at the Petrified Forest in Arizona, where many different species have been discovered. A member of the #aetosaur, “eagle lizard,” #nationaleagleday which were armored herbivores commonly found in the Late #Triassic Chinle Formation of Arizona, ~230 mya - ~210 mya. Desmatosuchus, at ~20’ and ~700 lbs, was one of the largest creatures of its