Friday 7 June 2013

Can You Help

Isidro Martínez has just sent me a photograph of a pterosaur skull in the Museum Mensch und Natur in Münich, Germany.  It displays a very good crest and the teeth are preserved mainly in situ.
The fossil is new to me and I would like to know more about it.  The museum display has no label or information and I have been unable to contact the staff directly. Can any one help with information on the specimen?

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  1. Anonymous11 June 2013 at 19:38

    I don't have any info on the specimen, but the rostrum is very similar to Normannognathus...

    Lukas Panzarin

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    1. Pterosaur16 June 2013 at 11:48

      I agree. I have e-mailed the museum, but after the severe floods last week, responding to E-mails is probably a very low priority.

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  2. Christopher18 June 2013 at 22:47

    There was a online German news report on the discovery of this specimen just a year or two ago, but I can't seem to relocate it. Anyway Its undoubtedly an adult specimen of Ardeadactylus longicollum. Or at least something very closely related, only a detailed analysis of the specimens morphology and exact stratigraphic position will say for sure.

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  3. Christopher19 June 2013 at 03:22

    Update: Found that news article I spoke of. Picture2 shows the entire specimen, much more to it than just a beautiful skull.

    http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/bayern/Familienvater-entdeckt-Teile-eines-Flugsaurieres-id16680931.html

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    1. Pterosaur23 June 2013 at 11:58

      Thanks Christopher. It is probably too early for the specimen to have been published - such things often take 3-4 years these days. The lithology at Mühlheim bei Mörnsheim is very fine so I would expect from the photo that this pterosaur specimen will be very revealing.

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