A Pterosaur takes flight at The National Aviary

I am excited to unveil my first ever life-size paleoart sculpture - a detailed life reconstruction of the Brazilian pterosaur Caiuajara dobruskii created for the Living Dinosaurs exhibit now open at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh Pensylvania. To learn more about this exciting exhibit visit https://www.aviary.org/

To see more of my art visit http://www.dontmesswithdinosaurs.com

To see the top secret behind the scenes process of creating this sculpture and my other art support me on   / historianhimself  

Want to learn more about the pterosaur fossils that this sculpture is based on? Well you're in luck because paleontologist Paulo Manzig & his collaborators have made their scientific paper describing this amazing fossil find free and open access. You can see nice high res images of the fossils, read and download the paper here:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...

Do you want to help endangered rainforest species by reducing your consumption of palm oil? Thanks to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, there's an App for that:
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Special thanks to everyone at the National Aviary that made this sculpture possible! especially Jennifer Torpie, Cheryl Tracy, Tricia Oneal, Carly Morgan and Robin Weber.

Also big shout out to Alanna Regester at Silver Plume Exhibitions for the amazing work on the Living Dinosaurs exhibit. https://spexhibitions.com/

Paleontologist, pterosaur expert & all around stellar human Dr. Dave Hone hosts a blog called Archosaur Musings where he shares his thoughts about and beautiful photos of the fossils of various bizarre prehistoric creatures he studies: https://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/

You can also follow paleontologist Dr. Michael Habib on   / aeroevo  

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