If it is difficult for paleoentologists to recreate or to
identify pterosaur species from a few bones, it is just as
difficult to identify pterosaur representations from ancient
representations from art. For example, there are a number of
birds that look similar to various species of pterosaur,
including pelicans and herons. Here we believe that a positive
pterosaur identification can be made because in addition to the
closeness in appearance to a number of pterosaur species, the
artifact also clearly features a ├óÔéČ┼ôbatlike├óÔéČ┬Ł pterosaur
type wing rather than a birds wing. This piece is Polynesian,
from Easter Island. The Pacific Island group includes Easter
Island and Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea is the site of
many eyewitness acocounts of the years of Ropens or pterosaurs,
with wings spans ranging from 3 to 4 feet all the way up to the
size of a piper cub airplane. When describing the Ropen, a
characteristic often mentioned that is not included in pterosaur
recreations are dermal humps along the