Pterosaur
Tropeognathus
Tropeognathus was a large toothed pterosaur with prominent crests on the jaws.
Tropeognathus was a large toothed pterosaur with prominent crests on the jaws. Its head gives it a different silhouette from a toothless long-crested pterosaur.
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Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Tropeognathus at a glance
- Diet
- Fish-eating
- Its feeding anatomy is associated with taking fish and other aquatic prey.
- When it lived
- Early Cretaceous
- Group
- Anhangueridae
- Anhangueridae
Beyond the game
The real Tropeognathus
Tropeognathus was a large toothed pterosaur with prominent crests on the jaws. Its head gives it a different silhouette from a toothless long-crested pterosaur.
The jaw crests were associated with a long, toothed snout. Those structures distinguish its head from the toothless rear-crested forms of other large pterosaurs.
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.
- Museu Nacional UFRJ: Tropeognathus reconstruction and skeleton
- Paleobiology Database: Tropeognathus mesembrinus
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