Web Links

There are many good sites that are informative about the pterosaurs.  There are also a lot of strange and inaccurate sites.  This link page contains sites that are considered to be informative and useful.  Each site has been checked for its content and accuracy and only a selection of those sites that are accurate are included here. 

This selection of sites was correct in January 2004.

The use of search engines is recommended for obtaining up to date information in addition to surfing these links.  Use search keys like, pterosauria,  pterosaur,  flugsauria,  pterodactyl,  pteranodon,  "flying reptiles", or specific generic names of specimens.  They all give different results.  It is also worth trying different search engines.

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The Pterosaur Database  www.pterosuar.co.uk  extensive bibliography by authors, list of specimens in U.K. museums, pterosaurs by geological age, support in identifying specimens, enquiries and schools pages.

The Pterosaur Home Page.  The link to www.pterosaur.net was not working (June 2002). created Jan 1988 and the last observed updated site reference was dated 27 Jan 2001.  This was a key pterosaur site and there is a hope that it will return to the net.  The site is archived on web.archive.org/web/20010405020927/www.pterosaurs.net/
www.pterosaur.net is now the homepage for Lorna Steel (March 2004)

Dave Peters' new site http://pterosaurinfo.com/ is worth a serious look.  It contains some very good images of pterosaur material.

Pterosaur Pronunciation Guide   www.dinosauria.com/dml/names/ptero.htm
www.isgs.uiuc.edu/dinos/dml/names/ptero.htm   Essential reading for anyone who is new to the study of pterosaurs.

Dinosauricon Cladogram  dinosauricon.com/taxa/pterosauria.html  Very informative, though slightly out of date in the light of new work.  Gives alternative perspectives and essays.

Dinosauricon Main Page    dinosauricon.com/main/index.html  Mike Keesey has produced a very useful and informative site on dinosaurs and their relatives.  Well worth a good look.

Michael Fastnacht  www.uni-mainz.de/~fastm000/Literatur/Pterosauria.html  Good Pterosaur bibliography in alphabetical order.

Fossil Collections of the World  www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/8147/index.html    This is a serious site looking at the fossil collections of the world.  Make sure you have some time available to check this out, its not a quick surf.

Ravin Ray's FAQ's   www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/9020/pterosaur/   Raymond Thaddeus C. Ancog  has a page devoted to answering those basic and unusual questions about pterosaurs.

DinoWight   www.dinowight.co.uk.  This site on the Isle of Wight fossils is very informative and also includes the Pterosaur Database transcript © on Istiodactylus latidens (Hooley) as a  free download.

The Pterosaur Database - Classic Papers www.classic.pterosaur.co.uk 20 historical papers illustrating the development of early pterosaur literature.

Berkeley   www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/pterosauria.html  Lots of informative pages and a search facility within the museum collections.

Stattliches Museum fur Naturkunde-Links  www.alettra.de/geo-smnk/Links/index_Linkseite.htm    The museum links page from one of the worlds finest museums and a link to their home page.

University of Oslo, pterosaur pages   www.toyen.uio.no//palmus/english.htm  Oslo Palaeontology Museum has a pterosaur showcase.

http://members.lycos.nl/palarch/ Homepage of André J. Veldmeijer

Digimorph Rhamphorhynchus  digimorph.org/specimens/Rhamphorhynchus_sp  A scan of the skull of a Rhamphorhynchus specimen.

Australia's Lost Kingdoms  www.lostkingdoms.com/facts/factsheet7.htm  There are very few pterosaur specimens from Australia, this page tells of one of them.

Texas Memorial Museum  www.tmm.utexas.edu/exhibits/pterosaur A good introduction to Quetzalcoatlus.

Big Bend National Park  www.nps.gov/bibe/pterosr.htm  Another useful site with Quetzalcoatlus being the prime species.

AMNH Pterosaur Search    paleo.amnh.org/fossil/FRC.image_list?taxon_name=Pterosauria  Pterosaur search results from the American Museum of Natural History.

Search for pterosaur,museum.  Add country to be more specific.

Daren Naish on Pterosaurs www.kheper.auz.com/gaia/biosphere/vertebrates/pterosauria/Pterosauria.htm  A site with potential, its a bit dated but sound.  Well worth a look.  Also- check out;
http://darrennaish.blogspot.com/2006/05/pterosaur-wings-broad-chord-narrow.html

David Riedel  www.randrmodelaircraft.com check out pterotec for the work of Vivian Rene Bock.

Mike Horne's Web Pages http://www.horne28.freeserve.co.uk/   has a good list of links to fossil pages.

Paleo Direct  www.paleodirect.com  A Florida company with quality fossils including pterosaur specimens at reasonable prices.  The proprietor is in contact with the find sites and take trouble to obtain appropriate identification of specimens.

Two Guys Fossils  www.twoguysfossils.com/main.htm  This is a site from the U.S. for the purchase of museum quality fossils.  There are pterosaur models and casts and occasionally the odd specimen available.  Pterosaur model: www.twoguysfossils.com/images/fmk_rhamphorhynchus1.jpg 

Eugene Balandin - Undoria fossils from the Volga region of Russia.  www.undoria.com  This site also offers collection trips and a museum.

Fossiliferous - Evangelos Matheau-Raven has a fossil business based at Peterborough, UK.  He specialises in Marine Reptiles, especially from the Bathonian.  http://www.fossiliferous.co.uk/ . email pangaea39@aol.com for details and information.

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