Anurognathus ammoni Plesiosaurus measuring approximately 8-10 meters long

measuring approximately 8-10 meters long and weighing around 2 tons

which allowed it to support its enormous weight

Height 58mm

Height 319mm

Length 46mm

Anurognathus ammoni Plesiosaurus measuring approximately 8-10 meters longAnurognathus ammoni is an extinct genus of rhamphorhynchoid pterosaur that lived approximately 150 million years ago, at the end of the Jurassic period during the Tithonian, in Europe. It was first described by Ludwig Dderlein in 1923. The genus name is derived from Greek, referring to its unusually short tail compared to other rhamphorhynchoid pterosaurs. The species name, ammoni, honors the Bavarian geologist Ludwig von Ammon. This pterosaur is