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Reason: Inaccurate head shape, incorrect wing shape, its wings were not attached to its hind legs, shown as a mammal (more specifically, a marsupial). DinosaursRoar (talk) 8:22, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
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Summary
DescriptionHermann pterodactylus restoration1.png
English: First of two life restorations of Pterodactylus antiquus by Jean Hermann of Strasbourg, sent to George Cuvier in 1800.
Date
Source
Taquet, P., and Padian, K. (2004). "The earliest known restoration of a pterosaur and the philosophical origins of Cuvier’s Ossemens Fossiles." Comptes Rendus Palevol, 3(2): 157-175.
Author
Jean Hermann
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