Anurognathus

Characteristics

Anurognathus is the head of the anurognathid family, consisting of small pterosaurs that convergently share many traits with bats like rounded heads and large eyes. Anurognathus was very small, being 3.5 inches long and only having a wing span of 14 inches. Like a mammal, it was covered in pycnofibres, a tiny fuzz-like hair that would allow it to remain silent whilst moving. Also, like a mammal it had bumps around the skull indicating it had whiskers to help with navigation; its large eyes indicate it was more active during the later hours like an owl, Its diet probably consisted of insects like dragonflies, moths, and other insects it could catch with its small needle-like teeth. Anurogntathids faced heavy competition from birds; upon their evolution, they could fly more efficiently and were less susceptible to injury by being coated in fluffy feathers and had more efficient feeders and better vocalizers having more adaptable beaks rather than teeth