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Quaritch and the Sky People are all massively armed with ultramodern weapons, The Na’vi are armed with spears and arrows and ride to battle against flying gunships on Pandoran pterodactyls.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2022

Pterosaurs, more commonly called pterodactyls, were the first animals with bones to start flying, more than 200 million years ago, long before birds and bats took to the skies.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2022

This means that a wide range of iconic dinosaurs were warm-blooded: Velociraptors and tyrannosaurus rexes were theropods, pterodactyls and so-called "monkeydactyls" were pterosaurs, triceratopses and stegosauruses were ornithischia, and brontosauruses and brachiosauruses were sauropods.

From Salon • May 29, 2022

On the train from Paris to Arbois, it’s easy to imagine Tyrannosaurus rex and pterodactyls in place of cows and sheep.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2022

Eight of those screeching, short-armed monsters had appeared to snap at the eight flying pterodactyls.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein