Skiphosoura bavarica Variant:Hand-painted It is known for being

It is known for being one of the earliest terrestrial vertebrates

Before the rise of the dinosaurs

strong limbs adapted for quadrupedal locomotion

Snout-tail length 265 mm

It was a formidable predator

Skiphosoura bavarica Variant:Hand-painted It is known for beingSkiphosoura bavarica is an extinct pterodactyl pterosaur from the Late Jurassic, recently described from an exceptionally complete fossil from the Mrnsheim Formation ( Dritter 's Kieselflinz layer) in a limestone deposit near Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany. The holotype (LF 4157) was discovered in 2015 and prepared using modern techniques that have preserved a significant portion of its bones in three dimensions, a rare occurrence in pterosaurs due to