In what TV shows did pterosaurs appear in?
The earliest TV show I’m most familiar with that did feature pterosaurs is the 1970’s Land of the Lost. From what I recall, a flock of shrieking rhamphorhynchoids would sometimes be seen winging their way through the air (though they didn’t seem to flap their wings). I don’t recall an episode where they showed any close-up’s of the pterosaurs. Rumors go that there will be a new series, so perhaps they will again grace the small screen. I don’t know if the old series is in syndication, but hopefully it will be available as a DVD collection in the future. Presently, pterosaurs make appearances in the syndicated Australian-Canadian TV show Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World, a weekly series adapted from the classic story. They are conspicuous in the trailer. It is now running in syndication. Most recently, pterosaurs, along with many dinosaurs, figured prominently in the TV mini-series Dinotopia, which is based on the book of the same name. They form the aerial patrol of the human-di
