Here, the spectacular crested pterosaur Thalassodromeus soar over a herd of Argyrosaurus. Ornithocheirus and Tapejara are also present. This perspective was tricky since I wanted to capture a bit of "telephoto lens" effect with the vertical axis especially beneath the mountain.
Not much to explain here. The giant azdarchids are soaring over a floodplain with three Alamosaurus below. The hardest part of this thing was the landscape, not the animals.
Anurognathus - the Definitive Version.
(Larger version HERE.)
Say what you will about this odd little pterosaur - I wasn't satisfied with any of the existing restorations of this fellow, so I did my own. Not the typical bat-like image most artists do, but something a lot more mobile and nimble in dense forests. I largely consulted Mike Hansen's skeletals for reference, but I tweaked the proportions a little bit to make the neck less snaky, and put the pteroid bones in a more extended position (I don't endorse this for most pterosaurs but in the case of tiny Anurognathus, I can see how it could have been useful for increasing thrust and lift rapidly). I also put some fuzz on the ankles, using the type specimen of the closely related Jeholopterus for inspiration.
As ugly as this genus seems, I can't help but adore that little fuzzy face.
