Rhamphorynchus muensteri, Pterosaur, Jurassic Quetzalcoatlus the Messel area was a

the Messel area was a swampy fresh water lake environment with a rich and diverse flora and fauna

ferox (Martill

Subclass: Euechinoidea

Sclerocephalus was once thought to be closely related to eryopoid temnospondyls

Rhamphorynchus muensteri, Pterosaur, Jurassic Quetzalcoatlus the Messel area was aRhamphorynchus (meaning "beak snout") belonged to a genus of long tailed pterosaurs which lived during the Late Jursssic Period (160 140 mya). Its long tail was stiffened with ligaments and ended in a diamond shaped vane that was characteristic to Rhamphorhynchus. Their jaws contained needle like teeth that angled forward. The curved, sharp beak like tip (which lacked teeth) indicates that its diet was mainly fish and cephalopods. Remains of both are