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Pterodactylus antiquus
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Pterodactylus kochi
Pterodactylus kochi is the most common species of pterodactyl found. It was a short tailed pterodactyloid best known from the prolific "lithographic" limestones of Solnhofen. My sculpture is based on photos of an adult fossil,with a wing span (extended)of about 18". The piece stands 8.5" high 8" wide and about 2" thick. As with most of my sculptures it is made of ceramic back filled with plaster for rock like finish and durability.
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Pterodactylus (means flight-finger in latin) was the first
short-tailed pterosaur discovered. Pterodactylus antiquus was
about the size of a crow (19inches),instead of a beak, their mouth was filled with many small sharp teeth ! Pterodactylus lived in what is now Germany in the late Jurrasic period about 150 million years ago. This sculpture is based on the splendid artwork by Georges Cuvier (possibly the father of vertibrate paleontolgy) and on published photographs of the