It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a dinosaur! Well ... sort of.

• Position: WHAT'S NEW? - Pterosaurs: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs exhibit

Pikachu, make way for Pterodactyls antiquus. The American Museum of Natural History is putting all of its cards on the table introducing a new trading card game in conjunction with its exhibition, "Pterosaurs: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs."

High school students in the AMNH Science For the Win after-school program worked with educators and game designer Nick Fortugno (Playmatics) to create Pterosaurs: The Card Game, based on an existing open-source biodiversity game called Phylo (phylogame.org). Playing on the popularity of trading card games like Pokemon and Magic: The Gathering, as well as science-related card games like Bone Wars and Parasites Unleashed, the students used illustrations, photos, and information developed for the Pterosaurs exhibition in addition to working with Museum paleontologists. The teens developed the game over 20 sessions of the program.

The object is to place and keep in play as many pterosaurs as you can by building up their required food chains while disrupting those of your opponent. Two players draw from a common card deck, collecting different species of pterosaurs (including Ramphorhynchus, Pteranodon, and Tupuxuara) and connecting them with their food supply while matching appropriate time periods and terrains. Players can use Event Cards (Volcanic Eruption, Migration, Meteorite...