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Twitter account of Dr. Mark Witton, palaeoartist and palaeontologist. Follow my work at https://t.co/xwID0UnXVz. I'm also on Bluesky at @markwitton.bsky.social.
Jan 16, 2020 22 tweets 8 min read
New 'holy-grail' pterosaur paper by Jean-Michel Mazin and Joane Pouech announcing a new ichnotaxon, Rhamphichnus. That's right: we finally have non-pterodactyloid pterosaur tracks, and textbooks need rewriting. Yes. (My #paleoart of it below). sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Thread... (I'm about to share several diagrams from Jean-Michel and Joane's paper, so credit, unless stated, for non-palaeoart images goes to them).