Rare 95 Million-Year-Old Flying Reptile Aetodactylus Halli Is New Pterosaur Genus, Species

[Smaug]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100427131359.htm

[LanceH]

[Roz]

I don't think it gets much cooler than that.. Finding a new one

and the honor of having it named after you...

Congratulations, Lance....

Now why didn't I find it...

There's an very interesting pdf also...

[Xiphactinus]

Hooray for Lance!!!! Beyond cool!

[Auspex]

"I approve of your fossil" :bow:

[RCFossils]

Way to go! Nice find.

[West4me]

http://news.discovery.com/dinosaurs/texas-has-a-new-toothy-pterosaur.html

EDIT: Merged for continuity

[TourmalineGuy]

Nicely done! That is really cool!

[pleecan]

Congratulations Lance on your fine discovery and contributions to science!... what a great legacy....

Peter

[Guest N.AL.hunter]

What a great honor! And to find only the second of its kind from N.America!!!!

[John]

Wow, that's really cool. Amazingly well preserved too. Has anyone been trying to find more of the skeleton at the site or is it really an extraordinary, one-off find?

[LanceH]

Wow, that's really cool. Amazingly well preserved too. Has anyone been trying to find more of the skeleton at the site or is it really an extraordinary, one-off find?

I dug a couple feet into the hill but found nothing else.

I suspect the carcass floated a long time and it lost it's teeth totally and separted from the rest of the skull before resting on the sea floor but can't know for sure.

I found it upside down so if it had teeth when it rested on the sea floor I think the teeth would have still been under it.

[JohnJ]

Congrats again, Lance. Your passion for the science behind the collecting is apparent.

[MikeD]

Congrats again, Lance! It's cool to see it in the news.

[therieldeal]

very, very cool find!

[LanceH]

The local CBS affiliate did a small story on it. Click the video link to the right.

http://cbs11tv.com/greenlife/Pterosaur.prehistoric.reptile.2.1672232.html

[Auspex]

The local CBS affiliate did a small story on it. Click the video link to the right.

http://cbs11tv.com/greenlife/Pterosaur.prehistoric.reptile.2.1672232.html

My Hero!

Just watching the ripples spread...think how many folks will be exposed to the world under their feet!

[JohnJ]

You ROCK, Lance. Great impromptu discovery by the reporter.

[Fossildude19]

Lance,

Congratulations - you are an inspiration!!! Very, Very cool!!

[MikeD]

Awesome, Lance!

[keedler]

I know this post is alittle old, but I ran across this on the net.

As I was looking at the sketches I thought, wait I know that lizard.

Its an artist rendering of Lances pterosaur.

http://www.karencarr.com/tmpl1.php?CID=456

[LanceH]

The one on Karen Carr's site is a revision of the original drawing becasue the original drawing had way too many teeth. Some of the images with too many teeth appeared online. The fewer teeth version is the more accurate I believe.

Here is the actual mandible (lower jaw):

Edited September 23, 2010 by LanceHall

[Roz]

Just a beautiful beast..... I sure would have loved to have seen it flying,

just one time..

Glad you added a pic of the actual lower jaw..

[Scylla]

:bow: :bow: :bow:

What else is there to say?

:bow: :bow: :bow:

[Nicholas]

That's pretty interesting, and scary...

That said, I want one.

I'm not much for reptiles, but I'm finding I have a soft spot for the flying ones.