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Pterosaur

Dearc

Dearc was a long-tailed pterosaur with a substantial toothed head.

Dearc was a long-tailed pterosaur with a substantial toothed head. Its fossil adds an important animal to the Middle Jurassic pterosaur record.

Dearc at a glance

Diet
Fish-eating
Its feeding anatomy is associated with taking fish and other aquatic prey.
When it lived
Middle Jurassic
Group
Rhamphorhynchidae
Rhamphorhynchidae

Beyond the game

The real Dearc

Dearc was a long-tailed pterosaur with a substantial toothed head. Its fossil adds an important animal to the Middle Jurassic pterosaur record.

Its skull and long-tailed body document a particular Jurassic pterosaur. The finger-supported wing construction remained different from the wings of birds.

Fossil discoveries

Scotland, United Kingdom · approximate location
Scotland, United Kingdom

Selected fossil records · present-day map

Map references

Paleobiology Database · N. Jagielska, M. O’Sullivan, and G. F. Funston, I. B. Butler, T. J. Challands, N. DL Clark, N. C. Fraser, A. Penny, D. A. Ross, M. Wilkinson, S. L. Brusatte. 2022. A skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland illuminates an earlier origin of large pterosaurs. Current Biology 32:1446-1453 ↗

Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.

Sources & text credits

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  1. Paleobiology Database: Dearc sgiathanach

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