Scylla Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 (edited) I have never found a pterosaur fossil, and now I know why. Having just seen the new pterosaur exhibit at the AMNH and seeing just how thin their bones are I doubt I ever will find one. Even if I did I would probably not recognize it as bone. Anyway I would recommend visiting this exhibit while it lasts to anyone in the NYC area. Edited April 16, 2014 by Scylla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 More pics to come later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Scylla, I have exactly one pterosaur bone specimen in my collection but that's only because Mike Triebold gave me about 3 3/4 inches of a Pteranodon second phalanx (Niobrara find, KS). It is and was a generous gift (twenty or more years ago) because someone is always willing to pay for parts to put together at least most of a wing. Pterosaur bones are almost always found flattened (almost plate-like) so they can look like fish bones. If I had found it, I would have thought "fish." Jess I have never found a pterosaur fossil, and now I know why. Having just seen the new pterosaur exhibit at the AMNH and seeing just how thin their bones are I doubt I ever will find one. Even if I did I would probably not recognize it as bone. Anyway I would recommend visiting this exhibit while it lasts to anyone in the NYC area. WP_000589_edited.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 A femur from the Peedee of NC in the New Jersey State Museum collection is in the round. I recall some from C&D canal in DE that were flattened. Only two eastern occurrences that I know of but am sure there are more in museum collections and private ones as well. Wish we had something like the Niobrara in the east! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
non-remanié Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 (edited) The MAPS museum has a piece of a limb bone. That was only recently collected in past year or two. Also one of the local museums has a vertebrae from the old Atlantic Highlands locality if memory serves me. So, they are around NJ... good luck Scylla you can find the next one! Edited April 17, 2014 by non-remanié ---Wie Wasser schleift den Stein, wir steigen und fallen--- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 I'll keep looking, but for now I'll just be happy to get these pictures to load! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 Grant thinking, " How much Buffalo sauce would that wing need?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Good idea to wear a raincoat with reptiles that big flying overhead! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 Good idea to wear a raincoat with reptiles that big flying overhead! You Know it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 This is Quetzalcoatlus, Flying over the simulator room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 And a bonus picture from one of the Dino halls at the AMNH, because Auspex made me laugh, this one's for you: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Good idea to wear a raincoat with reptiles that big flying overhead! Pffft!...a hard hat would be more appropriate. Here is an impressive skeleton hanging from the ceiling of the Texas Memorial Museum in Austin, TX. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Raincoat is a good idea, since you will never hear it coming. ( you know with pterosaurs the "p" is silent) Ramo 1 For one species to mourn the death of another is a new thing under the sun. -Aldo Leopold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Raincoat is a good idea, since you will never hear it coming. ( you know with pterosaurs the "p" is silent) Ramo >GROAN< "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Raincoat is a good idea, since you will never hear it coming. ( you know with pterosaurs the "p" is silent) Ramo The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sseth Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Raincoat is a good idea, since you will never hear it coming. ( you know with pterosaurs the "p" is silent) Ramo WOW! That was quick. _____________________________________ Seth www.fossilshack.com www.americanfossil.com www.fishdig.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Wish I could take credit for coming up with that, but I heard it about a week ago and was waiting an opening! Ramo For one species to mourn the death of another is a new thing under the sun. -Aldo Leopold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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