| A | B |
|---|
| fossils | The preserved remains of a once living organism |
| paleontology | study of fossils |
| pterosaurs | Flying animals or "winged lizard |
| rhamphorhynchoids | pterosaur with smaller body, long tails often with diamond shaped paddles. |
| pterodactyloids | pterosaur with shorter tails, long necks and beaks and potentially larger bodied |
| pteranodon | pterodactyloid with up to 25 ft. wingspan |
| quetzalcoatlus | largest of the pteradactyloids with wingspan up to 40 ft., 6 ft. heat and 10 ft. neck |
| pterodactyl | smaller pterodactyloid with 2.5 ft. wingspan and no head crest |
| actinofibrillae | stretchy fibers which strengthen the patagium of the pterosaurs' wing. |
| flocculus | Portion of brain believed to help animal with balance; p terosaurs had large ones |
| peer review | when knowlegable scientists review the findings of their peer scientist. |
