Eudimorphodon
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Eudimorphodon
was a pterosaur that lived during the Late Triassic Period, in what is
now Italy. It was discovered by Mario Pandolfi near Bergamo, Italy in
1973. Eudimorphodon was described the same year by Rocco Zambelli. Fossils
of this animal show a number of interesting details of pterosaur anatomy.
Like many of the other long-tailed species, it had a long beak with large
teeth at the front and smaller teeth at the sides. Its large eyes were
protected by a circle of thin bony plates called a sclerotic ring and
it had thickened neck vertebrae to support the weight of its head. Eudimorphodon
had gastralia, or stomach ribs, so its rig cage enclosed almost the whole
of its underside. It is believed that Eudimorphodon was a fish eater,
like the other pterosaurs. It is among the earliest pterosaurs known from
the fossil record.
Eudimorphodon Paleo Galery
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