Pterodaustro: The Spectacular Comb-Toothed Pterosaur

[@laurachapple6795]

I love how almost all paleoartists agree that Pterodaustro should be pink. It might not have been, but *we want pink pterosaurs*.

[@DinoFanatic1000]

I think it's because of how similar they are to flamingos, and how flamingos get their pink colour from crustaceans

[@rickyspanish492]

​​@@DinoFanatic1000 I thought it was because of their crustacean diet?

[@DinoFanatic1000]

​@@rickyspanish492my bad

[@philthycat1408]

At least they’re not Rainbow.

[@rickyspanish492]

@DinoFanatic1000 No worries, honest mistake. My guess is that's why they draw them with pink coloring. If they were filter feeders eating small crustaceans, there is a high likelihood they could have also retained the same pigments. I think it's really cool how young flamingos are white because they have not had enough time to build up the pigment.

[@robertroy8803]

Wow, I didn't even know such a species had existed. Thank you for yet another great video!

[@tec-jones5445]

Is it possible that the fossil site was a breeding ground? An arid environment with a permanent body of water sounds like the extreme extremophile conditions of many shallow saline/soda lakes modern flamingos are found in. Perhaps the lack of predators in such an environment is linked to Pterodaustro's unique parental care?

[@hcollins9941]

I love Pterosaurs! I hope you do a video on some of the other famous & interesting ones! Quetzalcoatlus & Rhamphorhybchus are my favorites for the more popular ones; while the adorable Anurognathids for the more obscure. One Pterosaur that caught my attention though was another Ctenochasmatoid, the bizarre looking Cycnorhamphus! Also the terrifying looking Guidraco!

[@Alberad08]

Lots of interesting information - thank you so much for creating and uploading this great documentation on a pretty unique animal from a long gone past!

[@jamesdavison6290]

I love this channel!

[@differous01]

"Growing too big" [16:11] would have had a detrimental impact on their feeding ability: a flamingo could double in size but its habitat would need to double or population halve. Assuming it could fly, a specialised food source, similar to that of the flamingo's volcanic pools, would also explain why Pterodaustro was limited to Argentina.

[@cpk313]

Could you imagine seeing that thing?!? It's amazing it lived on this planet, it's like a alien.

[@CyBromancer7562]

Hey, your back, and what a unique creature to cover as always! Hopefully you guys can make more consistent videos, because I really enjoy them! I would love to see you cover more Triassic pterosaurs, as I think there were some omnivorous or even herbivorous forms! Definitely check out the Caviramids or Eopterosaurs!

[@slappy8941]

His back?

[@LudosErgoSum]

0:15 That is so terrifying. Someone should make a horror movie about these flying giraffes!

[@paintbrush3554]

Such an informative video!! Amazing as always!!

[@OpEditorial]

Just picturing these poor animals trying to floss after every meal 😂

[@rileyernst9086]

So we can guess that they were nesting in a shallow lake that seems may have been in the centre of a desert area inhospitable to life. We are very fortunate to have this formation preserved!

[@mlggodzilla1567]

Another great video 😎 (happy holidays)

[@chimerasuchus]

Happy Holidays.

[@TheAnimalKingdom-tq3sz]

Even they aren't teeth, It sure made Pterodaustro look goofy

[@Adam-dh5vl]

Extremely interesting and unique in my opinion.

[@tinyelvenmitten1774]

Thank you for another amazing video! It is a shame this creature is not more well known even if there's so many of them preserved! I had never even heard of this one before this video ;;0;;

[@TeyuYagua]

13:41 FLAPLINGS 😫❤❤

[@markykid8760]

I do appreciate the narrator.

[@awesomearchivist1705]

I love south american pterosaurs, my favorite being tapejara imperator but pterodaustro is a close second. I imagine it would look alot like my favorite modern bird the rossenette spoonbill.

[@hcollins9941]

@awesomearchivist1705 Don’t you mean Tupandactylus imperator? Plus I would agree, it would have looked similar to a Roseate Spoonbill or a Flamingo; especially in flight!

[@RemusKingOfRome]

Excellent - Dinosaur flamingos :D

[@Operariobrasilia558]

Flamingos ARE dinosaurus this IS pterosaurus

[@70stunes71]

Fascinating 👌💯

[@DeinoWolfhybridhero]

Would be spectacular to see a flying flock of them

[@patreekotime4578]

After hearing about that paper that debunked round wingtips in pterosaurs, it is all I see when I look at this art!

[@BigBoobsMcGoo]

Could you perhaps drop a link to the paper? Pretty please?

[@patreekotime4578]

@@BigBoobsMcGoo Sorry, I misheard, it is a recent re-evaluation of a paper from several years ago. It is covered in Ben G. Thomas's latest video breaking down Walking With Dinosaurs; Spirits of the Ice Forest. That section begins around 29 minutes in.

[@BigBoobsMcGoo]

Awesome, thanks so much! The rough timestamp was unneeded but totally appreciated. :)

[@patreekotime4578]

@@BigBoobsMcGoo No problem. It's an interesting idea, that's been whirling my imagination. Ben's video has reference links in the description, but I dont have the pateince to go through each one to try to find that discussion.

[@BigBoobsMcGoo]

@@patreekotime4578That's fine by me, because I had the patience to dig it out. Thanks again bud.

[@dennismason3740]

Please explain how dentin and enamel can be flexible. Flexible in the roots? Dentin and enamel are not flexible, normally, in the physical universe.

[@wafikiri_]

Similar problems, similar solutions: the key to convergent evolution.

[@TheMightyN]

Good thing the Dinosaur Train featured this guy in one of its episode.

[@posticusmaximus1739]

Awesome flamigo thing!!

[@michael_k7356]

Of note, Turtles do not have soft shelled eggs. Their eggs are typically enclosed in a hard, calcified shell.

[@nightshadeentertainment6568]

An excellent video as always. Is it possible to get a "Rutiodon" Video?

[@alexandermorrison1010]

Sieve Beaked Archosaur.

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

Weird... really weird...

[@HassanMohamed-rm1cb]

I’ve got some great ideas and some great suggestions for you to make KZbin Videos Shows about some more Prehistoric Extinct Crocodilian Species, such as Lazarussuchus, Plesiosuchus, and Metriorynchus adding that to the episodes on the next Saturday on the next Chimerasuchus coming up next!!👍👍👍👍👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

And which of those was the biggest, I mean of crocodilians?

[@shockdrake]

Does Pycnofibers of Pterosaurs are Feather Expression Gene is activated like Feather of some Dinosaurs such as most of Coelurosaurians including birds and Some Primitive Dinosaurs?

[@chimerasuchus]

There is no pterosaur DNA to examine, but it is thought their primitive feathers were inherited from a common ancestor with the dinosaurs.

[@jlawsl]

Its sad but amazing that we have such lost history. Imagine just seeing 10 million, 30 million or 100 million+ years ago. So many beautiful, extinct animals that we will never get to see, save for there bones. How many more were there that we will never even know existed?

[@Hovercraftltd]

Amazing.... huge numbers of these preserved in their remote lake which must have existed for vast amounts of time ..... and to think so few of the millions of species from the millions of years of dinasaur dominance are discovered ..... When you consider the inteligence in the small brains of modern birds it indicates a brain much smaller than ours could have done what we have done?

[@eliletts8149]

How come this animal is not depicted in mainstream media at all, yet it is very abundant and apparently well studied by the paleontological community ?

[@zddxddyddw]

I'm from Argentina and it is very well known here. It is featured in all books about the local Mesozoic fauna. I remember when I was a kid and I was gifted my first book about dinosaurs, there was a whole page about Pterodaustro with beautiful paleoart, and since then it has always been one of the most iconic pterosaurs in my mind.

[@eliletts8149]

@@zddxddyddw awesome!

[@shockdrake]

Tuojiangosaurus is closer to Peacock or Pterosaur?

[@chimerasuchus]

Peacock.

[@Gojinoah]

Am i the only one who pronunced pterodaustro as "ptera-dos-tro" and not as "ptera daws tro" 😭

[@maozilla9149]

nice

[@jeka-tatussimplorium2558]

Como queria estudar e me formar paleontólogo ❤

[@AifDaimon]

Flamingo face.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@alexisasheep6554]

The text to speech voice is a bit distracting but it's fine

[@chimerasuchus]

It is a human voice.

[@ivyking4149]

Flying reptile?

[@yuliazni3389]

Giant bat