A study led by the University of Leicester has linked fossilized tracks of flying reptiles to the specific animals that ...

Before “Jurassic World Rebirth” hits theaters this July, new collections of merchandise inspired by the film and some ...

A fossilized cervical vertebra discovered back in 1996 in southwestern Japan was found to have been a new genus and species ...

A fossilized cervical vertebra discovered back in 1996 in southwestern Japan was found to have been from a new genus and species of pterosaur, a prehistoric flying reptile. A research team made up ...

A skeletal reconstruction of a comb-jawed pterosaur walking across an ancient mudflat, its posture and movement informed by fossil trackways. Fossils of footprints over 160 million years old have ...

A new analysis of pterosaur bones, however, suggests that their microstructure could inspire lighter, stronger aircraft materials. Pterosaurs were flying reptiles that lived throughout the world ...

Paleontologists have discovered the fossilized remains of a pterosaur from 76 million years ago—bearing a bite mark from an ancient relative of the crocodile. The flying reptile, represented by ...

Now, a newly discovered pterosaur species is helping explain this leap from a smaller to larger wingspan size and other physical changes. Skiphosoura bavarica is described in a study published ...

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There’s a new pterosaur in town. A museum curator happened upon a winged carnivorous reptile fossil while checking on another specimen in an area available to amateur fossil hunters. Researchers ...

A 100-million-year-old fossil pterosaur found in Australia may have had the largest and most muscular tongue of all its relatives. The fossil was found in 2021 by Kevin Petersen, the curator at ...