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Anhanguera

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One of the larger pterosaurs of the early Cretaceous period, Anhanguera was also one of the few to sport crests on both sides of its long, narrow beak: a bulbous protrusion on top and a smaller, less obvious swelling on the bottom. Aside from this unusual feature, the most notable thing about Anhanguera was its relatively weak, puny legs; clearly, this pterosaur spent most of its time in the air, and had a clumsy, splay-footed posture on land. Anhanguera's closest relative was the later Ornithocheirus; we can only speculate whether it was as colorful as two other roughly contemporary South American pterosaurs, Tapejara and Tupuxuara.