Pterosaur Skull Forms

Rhamphorhynchoids - which have long tails and small wing metacarpal bones.  These are the earliest types of pterosaurs

Pterodactyloids - which have short tails and long wing metacarpal bones.  These pterosaurs eventually evolved into the largest flying animals ever known on Earth.

Rhamphorhynchoid Skulls	Pterodactyloid Skulls

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