In September, David Hone described a new species, Makrodactylus oligodontus. I asked Gemini (pro version) and ChatGPT (free version) to read the paper and look at the sketch I uploaded (from the paper) and create a realistic image. It took them both 2 minutes. ChatGPT's is the better one.
January 5, 2026 at 6:11 PM
In September, David Hone described a new species, Makrodactylus oligodontus. I asked Gemini (pro version) and ChatGPT (free version) to read the paper and look at the sketch I uploaded (from the paper) and create a realistic image. It took them both 2 minutes. ChatGPT's is the better one.
A new non-pterodactyloid monofenestratan pterosaur from the Mörnsheim Formation of southern Germany
(new taxon Makrodactylus oligodontus)
palaeo-electronica.org/content/2025...
(new taxon Makrodactylus oligodontus)
palaeo-electronica.org/content/2025...
September 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
A new non-pterodactyloid monofenestratan pterosaur from the Mörnsheim Formation of southern Germany
(new taxon Makrodactylus oligodontus)
palaeo-electronica.org/content/2025...
(new taxon Makrodactylus oligodontus)
palaeo-electronica.org/content/2025...
"monofenestratan," of course, is the clade of pterosaurs that achieved flight fly by jumping out of a single window
Say hello to Makrodactylus oligodontus, a new non-pterodactyloid monofenestratan from the Mörnsheim Formation, Late Jurassic of Germany!
palaeo-electronica.org/content/2025...
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September 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"monofenestratan," of course, is the clade of pterosaurs that achieved flight fly by jumping out of a single window
Say hello to Makrodactylus oligodontus, a new non-pterodactyloid monofenestratan from the Mörnsheim Formation, Late Jurassic of Germany!
palaeo-electronica.org/content/2025...
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September 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Say hello to Makrodactylus oligodontus, a new non-pterodactyloid monofenestratan from the Mörnsheim Formation, Late Jurassic of Germany!
palaeo-electronica.org/content/2025...
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Coupled with a short tail, this is likely a very derived early monofenestratan and probably close to Skiphosoura and the pterodactyloids. There's no phylogeny in this paper, but it has been coded as part of another project so should appear in a formal phylogeny before too long.
September 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Coupled with a short tail, this is likely a very derived early monofenestratan and probably close to Skiphosoura and the pterodactyloids. There's no phylogeny in this paper, but it has been coded as part of another project so should appear in a formal phylogeny before too long.
But the very short version is that this new critter is really quite small for an early monofenestratan, in fact the smallest thing that is at, or very close to, adult size we have seen so far. It's also got an unusually small number of (rather long) teeth.
September 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
But the very short version is that this new critter is really quite small for an early monofenestratan, in fact the smallest thing that is at, or very close to, adult size we have seen so far. It's also got an unusually small number of (rather long) teeth.
Rather unexpectedly, a paper of mine has just dropped. Say hello to Makrodactylus, a new early monofenestratan from southern Germany. This was published with Rene and Bruce Lauer (www.lauerfoundationpse.org) and Freddie Spindler.
palaeo-electronica.org/content/2025...
palaeo-electronica.org/content/2025...
A new German monofenestratan pterosaur
A new non-pterodactyloid monofenestratan pterosaur from the Mörnsheim Formation of southern Germany
palaeo-electronica.org
September 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Rather unexpectedly, a paper of mine has just dropped. Say hello to Makrodactylus, a new early monofenestratan from southern Germany. This was published with Rene and Bruce Lauer (www.lauerfoundationpse.org) and Freddie Spindler.
palaeo-electronica.org/content/2025...
palaeo-electronica.org/content/2025...
Skiphosoura bavarica skull diagram.
I made this skull diagram for the original description and it did end up being incorporated into the other skeletal diagrams but never shared it standalone, so here you go.
I made this skull diagram for the original description and it did end up being incorporated into the other skeletal diagrams but never shared it standalone, so here you go.
February 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Skiphosoura bavarica skull diagram.
I made this skull diagram for the original description and it did end up being incorporated into the other skeletal diagrams but never shared it standalone, so here you go.
I made this skull diagram for the original description and it did end up being incorporated into the other skeletal diagrams but never shared it standalone, so here you go.
It's just incredibly funny to me that the type locality of the putative oldest monofenestratan pterosaur is a place called shredded cheese.
January 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It's just incredibly funny to me that the type locality of the putative oldest monofenestratan pterosaur is a place called shredded cheese.
"According to the researchers, Melkamter pateko marks the earliest worldwide occurrence of a monofenestratan pterosaur, predating the currently oldest member of this clade by at least 8 and probably 10 million years."
January 22, 2025 at 6:02 AM
"According to the researchers, Melkamter pateko marks the earliest worldwide occurrence of a monofenestratan pterosaur, predating the currently oldest member of this clade by at least 8 and probably 10 million years."
🚨 NEW PTEROSAUR! 🚨
Melkamter pateko was an early #monofenestratan #pterosaur from the Chubut Province of Argentina!
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Melkamter pateko was an early #monofenestratan #pterosaur from the Chubut Province of Argentina!
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January 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🚨 NEW PTEROSAUR! 🚨
Melkamter pateko was an early #monofenestratan #pterosaur from the Chubut Province of Argentina!
If you like my pterosaur toons and want to leave your support, consider reposting and leaving a like! ☺️
#newpterosaur #pterosaurs #scicomm #paleoartist #paleocartoon
Melkamter pateko was an early #monofenestratan #pterosaur from the Chubut Province of Argentina!
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#newpterosaur #pterosaurs #scicomm #paleoartist #paleocartoon
🚨 NEW PTEROSAUR! 🚨
Skiphosoura bavarica was a monofenestratan #pterosaur from the #Solnhofen, and it’s very important to our understanding of the #evolution of the pterosaur body plan!
Please consider reposting my art if you can! Your interest means a ton as I start posting here more!
Skiphosoura bavarica was a monofenestratan #pterosaur from the #Solnhofen, and it’s very important to our understanding of the #evolution of the pterosaur body plan!
Please consider reposting my art if you can! Your interest means a ton as I start posting here more!
January 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🚨 NEW PTEROSAUR! 🚨
Skiphosoura bavarica was a monofenestratan #pterosaur from the #Solnhofen, and it’s very important to our understanding of the #evolution of the pterosaur body plan!
Please consider reposting my art if you can! Your interest means a ton as I start posting here more!
Skiphosoura bavarica was a monofenestratan #pterosaur from the #Solnhofen, and it’s very important to our understanding of the #evolution of the pterosaur body plan!
Please consider reposting my art if you can! Your interest means a ton as I start posting here more!
Angustinaripterus longicephalus, a derived non-monofenestran pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Sichuan, China.
January 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Angustinaripterus longicephalus, a derived non-monofenestran pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Sichuan, China.
A new genus and species of monofenestratan pterosaur has been identified in Argentina! Fun fact: the ability to fly has evolved independently four times throughout history! This includes insects, birds, bats, and pterosaurs!
www.sci.news/paleontology...
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New Pterosaur Species Unearthed in Argentina is Earliest of Its Kind | Sci.News
A new genus and species of monofenestratan pterosaur has been identified from partial cranial and postcranial remains found in Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina.
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December 23, 2024 at 3:38 PM
A new genus and species of monofenestratan pterosaur has been identified in Argentina! Fun fact: the ability to fly has evolved independently four times throughout history! This includes insects, birds, bats, and pterosaurs!
www.sci.news/paleontology...
www.sci.news/paleontology...
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December 22, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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The oldest monofenestratan pterosaur from the Queso Rallado locality (Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Toarcian) of Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina 🧪⚒️
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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The oldest monofenestratan pterosaur from the Queso Rallado locality (Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Toarcian) of Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina | Royal Society Open Science
As the first group of tetrapods to achieve powered flight, pterosaurs first appeared
in the Late Triassic. They proliferated globally, and by the Late Jurassic through
the Cretaceous, the majority of ...
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December 11, 2024 at 1:56 PM
The oldest monofenestratan pterosaur from the Queso Rallado locality (Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Toarcian) of Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina 🧪⚒️
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
A.E. Fernandes et al. (2024)
The oldest monofenestratan pterosaur from the Queso Rallado locality (Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Toarcian) of Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina
Royal Society Open Science 11(12): 241238
doi: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
The oldest monofenestratan pterosaur from the Queso Rallado locality (Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Toarcian) of Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina
Royal Society Open Science 11(12): 241238
doi: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
The oldest monofenestratan pterosaur from the Queso Rallado locality (Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Toarcian) of Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina | Royal Society Open Science
As the first group of tetrapods to achieve powered flight, pterosaurs first appeared in the Late Triassic. They proliferated globally, and by the Late Jurassic through the Cretaceous, the majority of these taxa belonged to the clade Monofenestrata (which ...
doi.org
December 11, 2024 at 1:32 PM
A.E. Fernandes et al. (2024)
The oldest monofenestratan pterosaur from the Queso Rallado locality (Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Toarcian) of Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina
Royal Society Open Science 11(12): 241238
doi: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
The oldest monofenestratan pterosaur from the Queso Rallado locality (Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Toarcian) of Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina
Royal Society Open Science 11(12): 241238
doi: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
The oldest monofenestratan pterosaur from the Queso Rallado locality (Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Toarcian) of Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina
Melkamter pateko gen et sp. nov
Recon by Pedro Andrade
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Melkamter pateko gen et sp. nov
Recon by Pedro Andrade
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December 11, 2024 at 1:54 AM
The oldest monofenestratan pterosaur from the Queso Rallado locality (Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Toarcian) of Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina
Melkamter pateko gen et sp. nov
Recon by Pedro Andrade
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Melkamter pateko gen et sp. nov
Recon by Pedro Andrade
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
did we just get not one, but TWO derived monofenestratan pterosaurs close to the origin of Pterodactyloidea in the span of two days? that's so epic
Skeletal Reconstruction of the recently described Propterodactylus, this pterosaur known from a single complete juvenile represents a transitional taxon between long-tailed "rhamphorhynchoids" and more derived Pterodactyloids!
November 21, 2024 at 2:04 AM
did we just get not one, but TWO derived monofenestratan pterosaurs close to the origin of Pterodactyloidea in the span of two days? that's so epic
A new and large monofenestratan reveals the evolutionary transition to the pterodactyloid pterosaurs #fossils #paleontology #pterosaurs #pterodactyloid #LauerFoundation
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November 20, 2024 at 4:24 AM
A new and large monofenestratan reveals the evolutionary transition to the pterodactyloid pterosaurs #fossils #paleontology #pterosaurs #pterodactyloid #LauerFoundation
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www.esconi.org/esconi_earth...
Skiphosoura, the new Solnhofen pterosaur that is the first complete monofenestratan!
A first tiny drawing for the big interactive Europe map.
here a link to the paper: www.cell.com/current-biol...
A first tiny drawing for the big interactive Europe map.
here a link to the paper: www.cell.com/current-biol...
November 18, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Skiphosoura, the new Solnhofen pterosaur that is the first complete monofenestratan!
A first tiny drawing for the big interactive Europe map.
here a link to the paper: www.cell.com/current-biol...
A first tiny drawing for the big interactive Europe map.
here a link to the paper: www.cell.com/current-biol...
New pterosaur! #animals Skiphosoura bavarica - A new and large monofenestratan reveals the evolutionary transition to the pterodactyloid pterosaurs
Don't ever let anyone tell you there are no intermediate fossils as evidence of #evolution - there are LOTS!
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Don't ever let anyone tell you there are no intermediate fossils as evidence of #evolution - there are LOTS!
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[Paleontology • 2024] <i>Skiphosoura bavarica</i> • A new and large monofenestratan <small>(Monofenestrata: Pterodactyliformes)</small> reveals the evolutionary transition to the pterodactyloid pteros...
Skiphosoura bavarica Hone, Fitch, Selzer, Lauer & Lauer, 2024 DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.10.023 Artwork by Gabriel Ugueto. Highli...
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November 18, 2024 at 7:20 PM
New pterosaur! #animals Skiphosoura bavarica - A new and large monofenestratan reveals the evolutionary transition to the pterodactyloid pterosaurs
Don't ever let anyone tell you there are no intermediate fossils as evidence of #evolution - there are LOTS!
novataxa.blogspot.com/2024/11/skip...
Don't ever let anyone tell you there are no intermediate fossils as evidence of #evolution - there are LOTS!
novataxa.blogspot.com/2024/11/skip...
A new and large monofenestratan reveals the evolutionary transition to the pterodactyloid pterosaurs
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Art by Gabriel Ugueto
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Art by Gabriel Ugueto
November 18, 2024 at 6:03 PM
A new and large monofenestratan reveals the evolutionary transition to the pterodactyloid pterosaurs
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Art by Gabriel Ugueto
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Art by Gabriel Ugueto
A new and large monofenestratan reveals the evolutionary transition to the pterodactyloid pterosaurs ⚒️🧪https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01377-0
A new and large monofenestratan reveals the evolutionary transition to the pterodactyloid pterosaurs
Hone et al. describe and name a new pterosaur, Skiphosoura bavarica, from the Jurassic
of Southern Germany that is unusually large for the time and well preserved in three
dimensions. This specimen, c...
www.cell.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:20 PM
A new and large monofenestratan reveals the evolutionary transition to the pterodactyloid pterosaurs ⚒️🧪https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01377-0