Researchers found storm injuries during a baby pterosaur post-mortem, solving a Jurassic mystery that was 150 million years ...
A tiny, toothless pterodactyl with bat-like wings, bird-like claws and a sharp, pointy beak has just been identified from a remarkably well-preserved Chinese fossil, scientists say. The researchers, ...
An artist's illustration depicts a baby pterosaur struggling against the powerful winds of a storm. - Rudolf Hima A violent storm may have sent two baby pterosaurs spiraling to their deaths in a ...
The first pterosaurs had a sail-like tensioning system for flying with potentially cumbersome tail vanes, which they could have used for displays, a new study finds. When you purchase through links on ...
The discovery of an unusual new species of pterosaur is shaking up the history of the iconic flying reptiles. That is the conclusion of an international team of researchers, following analysis of a ...
A cache of Triassic fossils in Arizona has revealed Eotephradactylus mcintireae, or "ash-winged dawn goddess," the oldest ...
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Pterosaurs, flying reptiles that coexisted with dinosaurs, have been on a roll lately — or, rather, their fossils have, as a plethora of recent discoveries has helped flesh out the evolutionary ...
Chinese scientists have discovered the world's first fossilised embryonic pterosaur, the flying reptile that lived alongside the dinosaurs. The embryo, dated to 121 million years ago, was found ...
Researchers found North America’s oldest known pterosaur. Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park has done it again. The famed fossil-rich ground has provided paleontologists a remarkable finding, ...
WASHINGTON — As pterodactyls go, it was small, toothless and had unexpectedly curved toes — yet scientists are welcoming their new find as another piece in the puzzle of ancient life. "We have this ...