Pterosaur
Darwinopterus
Darwinopterus combined a comparatively advanced head and neck with a more primitive long-tailed body plan.
Darwinopterus combined a comparatively advanced head and neck with a more primitive long-tailed body plan. That mixture made it important for discussions of modular change in pterosaur evolution.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Darwinopterus at a glance
- Diet
- Insect-eating
- Its feeding anatomy is associated with taking insects and other small invertebrates.
- When it lived
- Jurassic
- Group
- Pterosauria
- Pterosauria
Beyond the game
The real Darwinopterus
Darwinopterus combined a comparatively advanced head and neck with a more primitive long-tailed body plan. That mixture made it important for discussions of modular change in pterosaur evolution.
The long tail and other body features contrasted with its comparatively advanced head and neck. That combination made it important for discussions of modular change in pterosaur evolution.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
Explore the references behind this profile.
- Evidence for modular evolution in a long-tailed pterosaur with a pterodactyloid skull
- Paleobiology Database: Darwinopterus modularis
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