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This paleontological restoration is inaccurate, or its accuracy is disputed.

Reason: Inaccurate head shape, incorrect wing shape, its wings were not attached to its hind legs, shown as a mammal (more specifically, a marsupial). DinosaursRoar (talk) 8:22, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

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English: First of two life restorations of Pterodactylus antiquus by Jean Hermann of Strasbourg, sent to George Cuvier in 1800.
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Source Taquet, P., and Padian, K. (2004). "The earliest known restoration of a pterosaur and the philosophical origins of Cuvier’s Ossemens Fossiles." Comptes Rendus Palevol, 3(2): 157-175.
Author Jean Hermann

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