Sharovipteryx mirabilis, early gliding reptile TriceratopsPronounced (shahr ov IP ter iks) Sharovipteryx (meaning "Sharov's wings"), aka Podopteryx, was a Pterosauromorpha (a gliding thecodont, a pre pterosaur) from the early Triassic period, about 245 million years ago. Sharovipteryx was a gliding animal that used its uropatagium, a small, fibrous flap of skin that stretched from the very long legs and the tail. It had large eyes, a long snout, and small triangular teeth. A single fossil (together with some
And Other Sources of Information
Thousands of highly remarkable fossils have been found in the quarries
Sclerocephalus was once thought to be closely related to eryopoid temnospondyls
The neck was 10 feet (3 m) long
Jimbacrinus Bostocki from the Cundlego formation Gaskoyne Junction Western Australia
Ichthyosaurs had a tall dorsal fin
Other isolated parts of the plant are given other names
5 inches in diameber at the base and weight about 20 pounds each
The orange bars in the photos are 10 centimeters for scale
In some cases hundreds of stones
Although the specimen preserves faint plumage impressions
The cooling trend culminated in the Ice Age of the Pliocene (10-3 million years ago)