Caroline at the Eudimorphodon exhibit at the Natural History Museum, Bergamo, Italy.
In 2003, when I was researching my book PTEROSAURS: Rulers of the Skies in the Dinosaur Age, I visited the Natural History Museum in
Bergamo, Italy, to learn more about Eudimorphodon, the pterosaur whose fossil
skeleton had been found in the mountains nearby. (See my post of Feb 24, 2014 about that
visit.)
In early June this year I returned to Bergamo and the museum to get another look at Eudimorphodon and the rest of the exhibits.
The fossil skeleton of Eudomorphodon is remarkably complete.
What I especially like about the exhibit is the diorama depicting a model of Eudimorphodon in flight, demonstrating how it likely caught fish that were its main food. (Fossil scales and fish bones within the skeleton reveal Eudimorphodon’s diet.)
Going back to the museum was like meeting an old
friend. PTEROSAURS: Rulers of the Skies in the Dinosaur Age was published in 2004
by Clarion Books. It is still available on Amazon as an e-book and as an audio book. Or, you can look for it in your library.
