Pterosaur

About it

Flying reptiles with thin-walled hollow bones; collectors mostly see slender, curved teeth from Morocco's Kem Kem beds. Skeletons from Solnhofen in Germany and Brazil's Santana Formation are museum pieces.

Type

Fossil (vertebrate)

Group

Pterosaur (reptile)

Colours

brown, tan, cream, black

Transparency

opaque

Periods

Jurassic, Cretaceous

Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.