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* TerrorDactyl: Very much defied. Witton briefly discusses this trope early in the book, but states that in order to ''really'' understand pterosaurs, you have to shove all those preconceived notions out of your mind and focus on what's real.
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* TerrorDactyl: Very much Discussed and defied. Witton briefly discusses this trope early in the book, but states that in order to ''really'' understand pterosaurs, you have to shove all those preconceived notions out of your mind and focus on what's real.
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* VegetarianCarnivore: Discussed with the tapejarids. Witton agrees that fruit may have made up at least part of their diet, but they may have actually been omnivores.
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* VegetarianCarnivore: Discussed with the tapejarids. Witton agrees that fruit may have made up at least part of their diet, but they may have actually been omnivores.omnivores.
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* PteroSoarer: Very much defied. Witton briefly discusses this trope early in the book, but states that in order to ''really'' understand pterosaurs, you have to shove all those preconceived notions out of your mind and focus on what's real.
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* TerrorDactyl: Very much defied. Witton briefly discusses this trope early in the book, but states that in order to ''really'' understand pterosaurs, you have to shove all those preconceived notions out of your mind and focus on what's real.
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* StockDinosaurs: It wouldn't be a pterosaur book without the famous ''Pteranodon''. Witton even discusses its popularity in the chapter involving it. ''Rhamphorhynchus'', ''Pterodactylus'', ''Quetzalcoatlus'' and ''Dimorphodon'' are also given focus. Notably, very few ''true'' dinosaurs actually appear in the book.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Many obscure pterosaurs are discussed in this book, like the ''Nyctosaurus'' that graces the cover. Very much justified, as it discusses ''every single known pterosaur family''.
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Marine crocodiles and crocodile-like spinosaurids are cited as occasional predators of pterosaurs.
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Marine crocodiles and Both the crocodile-like spinosaurids and crocodiles themselves are cited as occasional predators of pterosaurs.
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* StealthPun: ''Caviramus'' is illustrated taking shelter inside a cave.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Many obscure pterosaurs are discussed in this book. Very much justified, as it discusses ''every single known pterosaur family''.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Many obscure pterosaurs are discussed in this book.book, like the ''Nyctosaurus'' that graces the cover. Very much justified, as it discusses ''every single known pterosaur family''.
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* AllFlyersAreBirds: Played with; while Witton refers to many of the comparisons between pterosaurs, bats and birds as "unwarranted", flight pattern comparisons are necessary in order to understand how pterosaurs flew. For example, tests suggest that ''Pterodactylus'' and ''Pterodaustro'' flew like small wading birds, ''Pteranodon'' soared like an albatross and ''Dimorphodon'' was similar in flight patterns to a chicken or similarly sized ground bird.
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* PteroSoarer: Very much defied. Witton briefly discusses this trope early in the book, but states that in order to ''really'' understand pterosaurs, you have to shove all those preconceived notions out and focus on what's real.
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* PteroSoarer: Very much defied. Witton briefly discusses this trope early in the book, but states that in order to ''really'' understand pterosaurs, you have to shove all those preconceived notions out of your mind and focus on what's real.
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* AcrophobicBird: ''Dimorphodon'' is noted to be a poor flyer, so it likely opted to spend more time clambering along the ground or in the trees and only took to the air in emergencies (the accompanying image being of two ''Dimorphodons'' flying away from a hungry theropod).
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* GiantFlyer: The biggest of the big pterosaurs are brought up, including ''Quetzalcoatlus'' and ''Hatzegopteryx''.
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* CirclingVultures: Witton illustrates a flock of ''Istiodactylus'' doing this. Later, in the chapter specifically focusing on istiodactylids, a trio of them can be seen eating the remains of a dead stegosaur.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Averted. Witton mentions how pop-culture commonly depicts pterosaurs as being helpless at anything beyond flying. While flying ''was'' their main talent, he notes that they were also capable walkers and runners, the smaller ones could climb, all of them had jumping prowess and some of them could even ''swim''.
* GiantFlyer: The biggest of the big pterosaurs are brought up, including ''Quetzalcoatlus'' and''Hatzegopteryx''.''Hatzegopteryx'', though even the more modestly sized ones (like ''Pteranodon'') are shown to be pretty huge.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Averted. Witton mentions how pop-culture commonly depicts pterosaurs as being helpless at anything beyond flying. While flying ''was'' their main talent, he notes that they were also capable walkers and runners, the smaller ones could climb, all of them had jumping prowess and some of them could even ''swim''.
* GiantFlyer: The biggest of the big pterosaurs are brought up, including ''Quetzalcoatlus'' and
* StockAnimalBehavior: Discussed and subverted. Witton brings up proposed lifestyles for certain pterosaurs and mentions how some of the particularly popular ones typically end up falling victim to ScienceMarchesOn:
** ''Thalassodromeus'' and ''Rhamphorhynchus'' were ''not'' skimmers. They were more likely aerial predators and dip-feeders respectively.
** Conversely, ''Pteranodon'' was probably not a dip-feeder (didn't have the neck bones/muscles for it) but instead a pursuit swimmer.
** Practically every proposed foraging method for azhdarchids is ultimately canned in favor of terrestrial stalking.
** Istiodactylids, once thought to be fish-eaters, turned out to be vulture-like scavengers.
** ''Thalassodromeus'' and ''Rhamphorhynchus'' were ''not'' skimmers. They were more likely aerial predators and dip-feeders respectively.
** Conversely, ''Pteranodon'' was probably not a dip-feeder (didn't have the neck bones/muscles for it) but instead a pursuit swimmer.
** Practically every proposed foraging method for azhdarchids is ultimately canned in favor of terrestrial stalking.
** Istiodactylids, once thought to be fish-eaters, turned out to be vulture-like scavengers.
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* ThreateningShark: Sharks are stated to have preyed on seagoing pterosaurs.
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* ThreateningShark: Sharks are stated to have preyed on seagoing pterosaurs.pterosaurs.
* VegetarianCarnivore: Discussed with the tapejarids. Witton agrees that fruit may have made up at least part of their diet, but they may have actually been omnivores.
* VegetarianCarnivore: Discussed with the tapejarids. Witton agrees that fruit may have made up at least part of their diet, but they may have actually been omnivores.
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Unfortunately, paleontology is a [[ScienceMarchesOn very swiftly evolving science]], so some information quickly became outdated. As far as pterosaur research goes, however, it holds up surprisingly well and k
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Unfortunately, paleontology is a [[ScienceMarchesOn very swiftly evolving science]], so some information quickly became outdated. As far as pterosaur research goes, however, it holds up surprisingly well and kis a wealth of fascinating information.
Basically the pterosaur version of ''Literature/DinosaursTheMostCompleteUpToDateEncyclopedia''.
!!The work contains examples of:
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Witton loves coloring his pterosaurs as vibrantly as possible!
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Discussed in the introduction. Otherwise averted.
* GiantFlyer: The biggest of the big pterosaurs are brought up, including ''Quetzalcoatlus'' and ''Hatzegopteryx''.
* LemonyNarrator: Witton can slip into this at times.
* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: The crocodile-like spinosaurids are cited as occasional predators of pterosaurs.
* PteroSoarer: Very much defied. Witton briefly discusses this trope early in the book, but states that in order to ''really'' understand pterosaurs, you have to shove all those preconceived notions out and focus on what's real.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: Many obscure pterosaurs are discussed in this book. Very much justified, as it discusses ''every single known pterosaur family''.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Witton's narration dabbles into this.
* StockDinosaurs: It wouldn't be a pterosaur book without the famous ''Pteranodon''. Witton even discusses its popularity in the chapter involving it. ''Rhamphorhynchus'', ''Pterodactylus'', ''Quetzalcoatlus'' and ''Dimorphodon'' are also given focus. Notably, very few ''true'' dinosaurs actually appear in the book.
* ThreateningShark: Sharks are stated to have preyed on seagoing pterosaurs.
Basically the pterosaur version of ''Literature/DinosaursTheMostCompleteUpToDateEncyclopedia''.
!!The work contains examples of:
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Witton loves coloring his pterosaurs as vibrantly as possible!
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Discussed in the introduction. Otherwise averted.
* GiantFlyer: The biggest of the big pterosaurs are brought up, including ''Quetzalcoatlus'' and ''Hatzegopteryx''.
* LemonyNarrator: Witton can slip into this at times.
* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: The crocodile-like spinosaurids are cited as occasional predators of pterosaurs.
* PteroSoarer: Very much defied. Witton briefly discusses this trope early in the book, but states that in order to ''really'' understand pterosaurs, you have to shove all those preconceived notions out and focus on what's real.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: Many obscure pterosaurs are discussed in this book. Very much justified, as it discusses ''every single known pterosaur family''.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Witton's narration dabbles into this.
* StockDinosaurs: It wouldn't be a pterosaur book without the famous ''Pteranodon''. Witton even discusses its popularity in the chapter involving it. ''Rhamphorhynchus'', ''Pterodactylus'', ''Quetzalcoatlus'' and ''Dimorphodon'' are also given focus. Notably, very few ''true'' dinosaurs actually appear in the book.
* ThreateningShark: Sharks are stated to have preyed on seagoing pterosaurs.
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In the field of paleontology it's very difficult to find a reference guide that exclusively and extensively describes up-to-date information on pterosaurs. As an animal group, pterosaurs tend to either be [[OvershadowedByAwesome ignored in favor of their dinosaur cousins or simply given a cursory glance at some point before the focus returns to the dinos]]. And that's in ''educational'' media. In popular media, everything that makes pterosaurs a unique and interesting class of animals is completely ignored in favor of a view that they're just [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology "dinosaurs with wings"]], resulting in ugly, wyvern-like abominations that fit more as caricatures of pterosaurs than the real thing.
In the late 2000s, where interest and research on pterosaurs began to grow, there was a desperate need to change that.
Enter Mark P. Witton, a renowned paleontologist, paleoartist and pterosaur expert, who published a book in 2013 entitled ''Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy''. With Witton's beautiful and vividly detailed artwork coupled with a narration that is both informative and entertaining, this book supplies a fair amount of info on pterosaurs is as up-to-date as possible.
Unfortunately, paleontology is a [[ScienceMarchesOn very swiftly evolving science]], so some information quickly became outdated. As far as pterosaur research goes, however, it holds up surprisingly well and k
In the late 2000s, where interest and research on pterosaurs began to grow, there was a desperate need to change that.
Enter Mark P. Witton, a renowned paleontologist, paleoartist and pterosaur expert, who published a book in 2013 entitled ''Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy''. With Witton's beautiful and vividly detailed artwork coupled with a narration that is both informative and entertaining, this book supplies a fair amount of info on pterosaurs is as up-to-date as possible.
Unfortunately, paleontology is a [[ScienceMarchesOn very swiftly evolving science]], so some information quickly became outdated. As far as pterosaur research goes, however, it holds up surprisingly well and k
