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Fossils of the pterosaur were discovered in Petrified Forest National Park. The fossils date back 209 million years.
In the remote reaches of Arizona s Petrified Forest National Park, scientists have unearthed North America's oldest known pterosaur a small, gull-sized flier that once soared above Triassic ecosystems ...
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 ...
A groundbreaking discovery in Arizona’s Petrified Forest reveals North America’s oldest pterosaur.
Scientists identify the oldest flying reptile in North America, discovered in Arizona and dating back 209 million years.
The newly-found fossils are 209 million years old and include pterosaurs, primitive frogs and lizard-like reptiles ...
Jaw, wing bone, and tooth of Eotephradactylus mcintireae (209.2 Ma) reveal a floodplain ecosystem with fish, giant amphibians, and early turtles before the end-Triassic mass extinction.
Long before the first dinosaur hatched, Earth's ancient life was already thriving. There were bizarre sea creatures and lumbering plant-eaters that ruled prehistoric landscapes for hundreds of ...
amphibians and insects. Though these animals predated the dinosaurs, some had to have been of considerable size, perhaps ...
Scientists have discovered a new species of pterosaur – a flying reptile that soared above the dinosaurs more than 200 million years ago.The jawbone of the ancient reptile was unearthed in Arizona ...