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Mesozoic Dangers
Photograph by
Jonathan Blair
Fossil provided by Helmut Tischlinger
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A lucky Pterodactylus kochi could apparently survive a broken leg: Signs of a healed fracture are preserved in this fossil from the Solnhofen limestones of Germany. A broken wing bone was probably a death sentence, however. A fractured wing finger grounded another Pterodactylus from the same deposits. Unable to hunt, it died—likely of starvation—before its injury could mend.
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Camera:
Mamiya 645
Film Type:
Fujichrome Velvia 50
Lens:
80mm macro
Speed and F-Stop:
1/60 @ f/16
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Weather Conditions:
Indoors
Time of Day:
Unrecorded
Lighting Techniques:
Two Lumedyne system 200 watt second strobes
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