Monday, October 12, 2015

October unleashed. Ornithostoma

 Ornithostoma was once considered to identical to Pteranodon,‭ ‬although modern thinking has it recognised as its own genus.‭ ‬Unfortunately Ornithostoma has suffered from the wastebasket effect with numerous poorly preserved remains being attributed to it.
       Although not much is known for certain,‭ ‬the toothless beak of Ornithostoma likely indicates a fish eating piscivorous lifestyle.‭ ‬This notion is reinforced by the fact the‭ ‬Cambridge Greensand is a marine deposit.

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