Monday, October 12, 2015

October unleashed. Europejara

 Described in‭ ‬2012,‭ ‬Europejara has gone down as the first tapejarid pterosaur known from Europe.‭ ‬At the time of writing the only known fossils of this pterosaur are a partial skull and lower jaw.‭ ‬The preserved portion of the skull is two hundred and thirty millimetres long,‭ ‬though in life the skull is estimated to have been up to two hundred and fifty millimetres long.‭ ‬A crest was present on top of the skull which in life would have risen up and back over the skull,‭ ‬though the exact form of the crest has not been formed completely.‭ ‬A smaller crest was also present upon the bottom tip of the lower jaw.

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