Image: Rhamphorhynchus reconstruction Riou 1863
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Description: A reconstruction of the pterosaur Rhamphorhynchus by French illustrator Édouard Riou (1833-1900), as copied by Louis Figuier's (1819-1894) in his book La Terre avant le Déluge (1863). This reconstruction explains fossil tracks in the German Solnhofen Limestone. It was later discovered that the real track maker was the horseshoe crab Mesolimulus.
Title: Rhamphorhynchus reconstruction Riou 1863
Credit: Wellnhofer, P.; 2009: A short history of pterosaur research, Zitteliana 29, pp 7-19. (scanned)
Author: Louis Figuier
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