Bat? or "Baby Pterosaur"?

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Ancient Hammered Copper Ornament Depicts Bat?--or "Baby Pterosaur"?

The image above is of an ancient ornament from the Moche culture, ancient Mexico, circa 100 to 300 A.D. The gallery where this was found identifies the object as a bat on a crescent from the north coast of Mexico. The gallery may in fact be correct but we see another, more plausible explantion.

Actually, our theory would be more plausible to all concerned, we believe if it were not for the theory of evolution. As part of that paradigm, dinosaurs and certain of their co-inhabitators were believed to have become extinct millions of years ago.

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Here at s8int.com, we believe that this ancient ornament represents a baby pterosaur rather than a bat. Here's why; the first an most obvious description of the "crescent" is that it represents an egg--such as when a baby chick breaks through its eggshell.

Bats are mammals and as such are born alive, No bats are hatched from a egg. On the other hand, pterosaurs are/were reptiles and did in fact hatch from eggs. There are a variety of types of bats and of pterosaurs and so its not possible to conclusively decide which type of bat or which type of pterosaur is being represented here. However, we provide a photo of several types of bats and one type of pterosaur which appears to be similar to the ornament.

You can decide for yourself what is in fact being represented, but we note that if one looks carefully at the ornament, you can see the tell-tale tail of the pterosaur hanging down slightly on the front of the "eggshell".

Earlier this year, scientists found a fossillized pterosaur egg in China. How would ancient South American peoples of the Moche culture be able to accurately represent a pterosaur exiting its eggshell (if in fact its not a bat), unless the artist had seen it happen?