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With a wingspan of just over two metres, Petrodactyle<\/em> was a large pterosaur, at least until its time in the late Jurassic. This hitherto unique fossil is nicknamed \u201cElvis\u201d because of the protruding head crest. During its lifetime, this bony blade was only the base of a much larger keratin plate, with which the male probably wanted to prove how fit it was despite this conspicuous feature and the trouble it had with crosswinds (handicap principle). Perhaps this particular specimen was no longer so fit – palaeontology lives on mortality.<\/p>\n

Unpublished version of the drawing from the original description.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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