3. Ferrodraco

Adele talks about the species of pterosaur she named: Ferrodraco lentoni affectionately known as Butch, or the Iron Dragon a winged reptile with a wingspan of 4m (just over 13 feet!)
 
Plus insight from fossil preparator Ali Calvey and discoverer of the Ferrodraco holotype specimen, Bob Elliott.
 
 And a quick detour to talk about weird marine microfossils trapped in amber from the Cretaceous of southwestern France, ~100 million years old.
 
Links:
Random Fossil Fact
Evidence for marine microfossils from amber

Ferrodraco

4-metre flying reptile unearthed in Queensland is our best pterosaur fossil yet  

Ferrodraco lentoni gen. et sp. nov., a new ornithocheirid pterosaur from the Winton Formation (Cenomanian–lower Turonian) of Queensland, Australia

The osteology of Ferrodraco lentoni, an anhanguerid pterosaur from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia 

Anhanguera taxonomy revisited: is our understanding of Santana Group pterosaur diversity biased by poor biological and stratigraphic control?

The largest flying reptile from Gondwana: a new specimen of Tropeognathus cf. T. mesembrinus Wellnhofer, 1987 (Pterodactyloidea, Anhangueridae)

Capacity for the cretaceous pterosaur Anhanguera to launch from water

Pterosaur tracks and the terrestrial ability of pterosaurs

The Secrets of Sand: A Journey Into the Amazing Microscopic World of Sand

Gordo the Guardian

Prep-a-Dino at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs

Dig-a-Dino at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs

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