Overview

• Visitors to Dinosaurierpark Teufelsschlucht uncovered three seagull-sized teeth belonging to a fish-eating pterosaur in washed-out Südeifel bonebeds.
• Estimated at around 210 million years old, the teeth represent Germany’s oldest definitive pterosaur remains.
• Identification as the genus Eudimorphodon extends its known range beyond Italy and marks the first record in Rhineland-Palatinate.
• A research team led by paleontologist Lea Numberger-Thuy published the findings in Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie.
• The fossils are now exhibited at Dinosaurierpark Teufelsschlucht, showcasing the success of its Triassic Lab citizen-science initiative that has uncovered over 1,300 microfossils since October 2024.