Prehistoric Life Prehistoric Secrets in Stone The Earliest Fossils The Silurian Reef Trilobites Fish The Coal Forests Early Reptiles and Amphibians Sea Reptiles Flying Reptiles The Teeming Seas Hunting Dinosaurs Biggest Dinosaurs Two-Footed Plant Eaters Plated and Armoured Dinosaurs Horned Dinosaurs The Mammal Age Dawns Grassland Mammals The Ice Age

Flying Reptiles At the time the marine reptiles and the ammonites dominated the seas, and the dinosaurs stalked the land, the skies were ruled by another group of reptiles - the Pterosaurs. (A) TYPICAL PTEROSAUR Peteinosaurus had a furry lightweight body and leathery wings attached to immensely long fourth fingers. (B) SHORT-TAILED PTEROSAURS More advanced pterosaurs, like Pterodactylus and Anurognathus, had short tails and long wrists. (C) LONG-TAILED PTEROSAURS Primitive pterosaurs, like Rhamphorhynchus, had long tails and short wrists.   Previous: Back Book: Prehistoric Life Section: Prehistoric Chapter: Flying Reptiles