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#pterosaur ptuesday Ludodactylus #illustration #paleoart #sciart

Ludodactylus sibbicki was discovered in 2003 within Brazil’s Crato formation, dating to the early Cretaceous. It is known from a single nearly complete skull with an embedded yucca leaf.   It was likely piscavoruous, however the leaf had become lodged in the animal’s gular pouch causing it to eventually starve - this is a phenomenon that still occurs today among pelicans and other seabirds.

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It was at one time considered possibly synonymous with Brasileodactylus but recent taxonomic analysis shows this not to be the case.

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