Pterodactyl Collection

Pterodactyls considered as marsupial bats
Pterodactylus crassirostris above P. brevirostris. Plate from Note on the Pterodactyle Tribe... Paper in The Zoologist, Vol 1, 1843 by Edward Newman

Science / Evolution
From the simple cell to the giraffe, via the mammoth and the pterodactyl

Pterodactyl / Dragonfly
A Pterodactyl of the Lassic Period, chasing a giant dragonfly

Hendon Aerodrome Pageant
An air pageant held at Hendon Aerodrome, including a plane decorated as a pterodactyl, and a squadron of Hawker-Harts bombers flying in Wing-V formation. Date: 1932

Unconventional aircraft Pterodactyl tailless aeroplane undergoing tests at Yeovil, Somerset Date: 1938

Comic postcard, Stone Age Lyons Cafe Date: 20th century

Sapphire damsel and harlequin sweetlips
Sapphire damsel, Pomacentrus pavo, pavone di mare 1, and harlequin sweetlips, Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides, Plettorinco chetodonoides 2

Reconstruction of an extinct Pterodactyl. Illustration from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life, Georg Dollheimer, Leipzig, 1932

View of a crocodile swamp, south Germany, Triassic period. Crocodile-like Belodon and a large predatory dinosaur of the time

Skeleton of an extinct pterodactyl, Pterodactylus. Lithograph by St. Schillinger from Lorenz Okens Universal Natural History, Allgemeine Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande, Stuttgart, 1839

Fossil skeleton of an extinct pterodactyl, Pterodactylus antiquus, and red lionfish, Pterois volitans. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries

NRC tailless research glider from the National Research Council in Canada (sometimes referred to as Pterodactyl VIII, referring to its lineage from Prof. Hills pre-war Pterodactyls)

Westland Pterodactyl 2
Geoffrey Hills successful tailless aeroplane, controlled by moving the wing-tips which act as both elevators and ailerons. Date: 1926

Westland Pterodactyl 1
A later version of Geoffrey Hills tailless aircraft, whose control is effected by moving the tips of the wings. Date: 1931

Pen & ink sketch of pterodactyl
Original artwork by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, donated by his granddaughter Mary Hawkins

Pterodactylus, extinct genus of pterosaurs or flying dinosaur.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F. John from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1910, Hamburg

Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus with cuttlefish and pterodactyls.. Lithograph after an illustration by J. Smit from H. N. Hutchinsons Extinct Monsters and Creatures of Other Days, Chapman and Hall

Westland-Hill Pterodactyl V K2770
Westland-Hill Pterodactyl V, K2770

Westland-Hill Pterodactyl IV K1947 at Hendon in 1933
Westland-Hill Pterodactyl IV, K1947, at Hendon in 1933. Date: 1947

Westland-Hill Pterodactyl IV K1947
Westland-Hill Pterodactyl IV, K1947. Date: 1947

Westland-Hill Pterodactyl IA J9251
Westland-Hill Pterodactyl IA, J9251

Hill Pterodactyl I J8067
Hill Pterodactyl I, J8067

Pterodactyl kochi

Pterodactyl Skeleton
PTERODACTYL skeleton preserved in a sandstone deposit

Ichthyosaurus, with Plesiosaur and Pterodactyls
An Ichthyosaurus, with a Plesiosaur and Pterodactyls in a prehistoric landscape

Westland Pterodactyl
Geoffrey Hill produces several designs for tailless aircraft, and this Mark V, intended as a fighter, flies successfully though erratically

Pterodactyl / Pteranodon
Giant pterodactyl, the PTERANODON, with a wing-spread of some 6 metres from the Cretaceous period

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