New Book on the Natural History, Evolution, and Anatomy of Pterosaurs

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Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by zoological researcher Jay Cooney of the Bizarre Zoology blog. For info on weird and amazing facts/theories of zoology, paleontology, and cryptozoology visit Bizarre Zoology blog or follow him on Twitter.

Paleontologist and remarkable paleoartist Mark Witton has recently announced that his new book Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy has been published. The book regards the evolution, anatomy, functional morphology, and taxonomy of pterosaurs, and contains 200 illustrations throughout 26 chapters according to Witton's website page on this exciting publication. Thankfully for paleontology interested amateurs like me, Witton's new book is meant to be approachable for people who do not have intimate knowledge regarding these intriguingly bizarre flying reptiles. Mark's stunning looking book is apparently the most up to date publication on these animals yet, and it even features new proposals on the hypothetical ancestral species of pterosaurs! As a fan of Mark's beautiful paleoart, I was very excited by his statement that the amount of new illustrations which he had created for this book was partly the reason for the two and a half year wait for its publication. Many of these illustrations apparently depict pterosaurs in never-seen-before situations, and do take an All Yesterdays approach according to Witton. This new publication is also stocked with diagrams and graphics, such as skeletal diagrams and muscle reconstructions.

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  1. AnonymousSunday, June 23, 2013 at 12:44:00 AM PDT

    WAR ON TRAVIS!!

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  2. AnonymousSunday, June 23, 2013 at 1:01:00 AM PDT

    Nice first. Very well done.

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    1. AnonymousSunday, June 23, 2013 at 3:23:00 AM PDT

      your still a dick^^^^^^^^^

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    2. AnonymousSunday, June 23, 2013 at 3:24:00 AM PDT

      Oh great, a new fantasy book from science, since they really mostly guess about dino's

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    3. AnonymousSunday, June 23, 2013 at 2:00:00 PM PDT

      First of all, Pterosaurs are not dinosaurs. Secondly, while by necessity there is lots of speculation about dinosaurs, science has learned a great deal more about these animals than you seem to realize. How did you arrive at your opinion about the subject of dinosaurs when you evidently do not understand something as basic as the difference between pterosaurs and dinosaurs?

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  3. AnonymousSunday, June 23, 2013 at 5:53:00 AM PDT

    I loved dinosaurs when I was 10 years old too Jay.

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    1. AnonymousSunday, June 23, 2013 at 7:49:00 AM PDT

      ^LMFAO!!

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    2. Jay CooneySunday, June 23, 2013 at 1:13:00 PM PDT

      This comment has been removed by the author.

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    3. Jay CooneySunday, June 23, 2013 at 1:14:00 PM PDT

      Well guess what my friend, I can actually gain a career in paleontology and thus have a paying and sustaining job. Doesn't look like you'd be benefiting yourself in any way by sitting in front of a computer and insulting others, and please realize that pterosaurs weren't dinosaurs.

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    4. AnonymousSunday, June 23, 2013 at 2:07:00 PM PDT

      Jay
      If you are interested in pterosaurs, check out David Peters' work. He has done lots of interesting papers and restorations. Paleo stuff is my first passion, and I have had the pleasure of doing lots of painting work for CM Studio, one of the worlds leading producers of dinosaur museum models. My Dino book collection is ridiculous. Keep up the good work. Yeah, you'd be surprised to learn how many people think pterosaurs were dinosaurs ( or marine reptiles for that matter)

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    5. AnonymousSunday, June 23, 2013 at 7:00:00 PM PDT

      VaJayJay has spoken, fear the almighty vagina

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    6. Jay CooneySunday, June 23, 2013 at 7:45:00 PM PDT

      Thanks anonymous 2:07, I have seen his work and while I do not necessarily agree with his views they are intriguing.

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  4. AnonymousSunday, June 23, 2013 at 7:54:00 AM PDT

    WHat happen to zan yeti and the weird guy.

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  5. AnonymousSunday, June 23, 2013 at 11:52:00 AM PDT

    What's up with that illustration? Are those wings, arms, is there a tail?

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