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Scientists have identified a flying reptile species that lived around 209 million years ago, during the Late Triassic period.
The large flying reptiles known as pterosaur preyed on primitive fish that would have hard scale armour covering them.
Buried for 209 million years, a tiny flying reptile and its ancient neighbors just emerged from Arizona’s Triassic past.
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Arizona Bonebed Yields North America’s Oldest Pterosaur
A Smithsonian-led research team has discovered the oldest known pterosaur in North America, a sea gull-sized winged reptile ...
Fossils of the pterosaur were discovered in Petrified Forest National Park. The fossils date back 209 million years.
A fossil from a seagull-sized winged reptile that lived millions of years ago was found in Arizona, and the creature has now ...
Scientists identify the oldest flying reptile in North America, discovered in Arizona and dating back 209 million years.
An artist's depiction of a landscape from 209 million years ago at Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, based on fossils of plants and animals ...
A groundbreaking discovery in Arizona’s Petrified Forest reveals North America’s oldest pterosaur.
Scientists have unearthed in Arizona fossils from an assemblage of animals, including North America's oldest-known flying reptile, that reveal a time of transition when venerable lineages that were ...