but popular notions about pterosaurs—the winged dragons that ruled Mesozoic skies for 162 million years—have remained stuck. We invariably imagine them as pointy-headed, leather-winged ...

Adults of this pterosaur, whose scientific name means "cold dragon of the north wind" in reference to Alberta's chilly modern-day climate, had wingspans of about 33 feet (10 meters) and stood as ...

By Freda Kreier Around 76 million years ago, something took a bite out of a young pterosaur. Pterosaurs were large, flying reptiles that roamed our planet’s skies when dinosaurs ruled the Earth.

Pterosaurs, Greek for “wing lizards,” arrived on the scene in the Triassic Period, perhaps as early as around 237 million years ago. These original vertebrate fliers preceded birds by at least ...

Pterosaurs, close relatives of dinosaurs ... and fish could also be sentient 240-million-year-old dragon discovered in China Scientists discover new species of ancient crocodile - from 135 ...

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Researchers used traces of delicate tissues that survived for millions of years to solve the riddle of how the first pterosaurs were able to take flight. University of Edinburgh academics used new ...

The pterosaurs we studied come from the same species, Rhamphorhynchus. Rhamphorhynchus was a moderately sized pterosaur , on par, if not a tad smaller than a modern albatross.

NAGASHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture--A fossil of a pterosaur, a flying reptile from about 100 million years ago, has been discovered in Kagoshima Prefecture for the first time, according to Nagashima ...

Archaeologists found the fossilized neck bone of the young pterosaur in Canada’s Dinosaur Provincial Park. “Bite traces help to document species interactions from this period,” Dr Brian Pick ...

Our pterosaur collection contains approximately 1,000 specimens and casts, from isolated incomplete bones to articulated skeletons on slabs. British pterosaurs are well represented in the collection ...