- provide an on line bibliography of pterosaur material.
- provide an on line list of specimens available for examination in museum
collections
within the United Kingdom. (This is being extended to some world
wide museums)
- give guidance in the identification of specimens. (under development)
- display selected articles and papers on line.
- offer E-mail and written support to researchers.
- support enquiries from students.
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Pterodactylus
antiquus
Cosimo Collini was born in Florence, Italy on 14 October 1727. Collini described a fossil that Karl Theodore found in a cupboard at the palace at Manheim in 1757 The fossil was handed over to Collini in 1764.
This was the first recorded pterosaur fossil.
Forthcoming Publication - Martill D., Unwin D and Loveridge
R., 2010. The Pterosauria, Cambridge University Press. - now due for publication
in September 2012. Pre-order copies.
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Provisional on-line search facilities are now available for the Pterosaur
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