Means winged & toothless Had claws, short tails, hollow bones, small bodies, may have had

fur, 6 ft long, can be a few inches to over 40 ft wingspan, 35 pounds, large brains & good eyesight Could fly away to get away from predators Is a carnivore; eats fish, mollusks, crabs, plankton, insects; its teeth help it catch prey 2 legs; flew by flapping its wings Not technically a dinosaur because of its semi-upright stance; no one knows if they used the skull crest as a rudder or sexual characteristic I didnt find anything on its behavior Quick movement, flying T-rex, giganotosaurus, triceratops toothed birds (pelicans, flamingos, ibises) was a pterodactyloid; closely related to dinosaurs, besides dinosaurs having an upright stance, and pterodactyloid having a semi upright stance Jurassic period to the cretaceous period; 65 million years ago; died before the K-T extinction In Jurassic time period: Pangea began to break apart; it was hot and dry; bigger dinosaurs existed In cretaceous time period: continents almost had their modern day look; it was warm & sea levels were high; dinosaurs flourish Fossils have been found in North America, Europe, Africa, & Australia; first pterodactyl was found in 1784 Named by Georges Cuvier in 1809; he developed a natural system of classifying animals based on comparative anatomy; he founded the science of paleontology