Flying Frog-Jaw
Batrachognathus volans
(Riabinin, 1948)
Batrachognathus volans is a small,
insect-eating pterosaur of Jurassic west Asia. Unlike other
pterosaurs, which have long and narrow snouts for catching fish, B.
volans possesses a wide, round maw which it uses to catch insects.
B. volans will swoop through a swarm of tiny flies and scoop them
into its great mouth like an aerial whale.
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