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Big eyes may have
helped it to hunt in
Campylognathoides dim light or possibly
at night.
Sordes Rhamphorhynchus

Rhamphorhynchus Early pterosaurs

Campylognathoides
had particularly large wings
The “wing finger” and was probably capable
of this pterosaur was of fast, powerful flight.
three times as long
as its body.

Fossils show that this
pterosaur had a small vane
at the end of its long, bony
tail, which may have been
Eudimorphodon
used for display.

Well-preserved fossils
show that the body of
Sordes was covered
with short, dense fuzz,
similar to mammal fur.

Eudimorphodon had
a variety of multipointed
teeth, adapted for chewing
prey with tough bodies
or hard shells.
Sordes There were three short
fingers at the bend of
the wing, each with a
sharp, curved claw.

crow-sized animals like Eudimorphodon— possibly by swooping down from the air.
appeared in the late Triassic Period, more than Others, like Sordes and Dimorphodon,
210 million years ago. They had short necks, probably fed mainly on insects and other
long, bony tails, and most had jaws armed with small animals that they caught on the
a variety of sharp teeth to suit their diet. Some, ground or while climbing trees using
such as Rhamphorhynchus, caught fish, their sharp wing claws. 149

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