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Summary
Description Rhamphorhynchus and Aspidorhynchus.png |
English:
Photograph of specimen WDC CSG 255, the pterosaur
Rhamphorhynchus
with remains of a small fish (?
Leptolepides
) in its pharynx, trapped in the jaws of the large fish
Aspidorhynchus
(from Frey & Tischlinger, 2012, for details see source data below).
Original figure caption: Fossilized hunting scene; A) specimen WDC CSG 255: an Aspidorhynchus and a Rhamphorhynchus in fatal encounter, B) section of the specimen showing the way both animals are entangled. C) A similar section under UV light, the arrow marks intestinal contents consisting of digested fish remains. Note that the jaws of the Aspidorhynchus did not get hold of a bone, but apparently of the flight membrane of the left wing. The distorted left wing finger is suggestive for this. |
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Date | (publication date) | ||
Source | Fig. 1 in: The Late Jurassic Pterosaur Rhamphorhynchus , a Frequent Victim of the Ganoid Fish Aspidorhynchus ? PLoS ONE 7(3): e31945, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031945 | ||
Author | Eberhard Frey, Helmut Tischlinger | ||
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