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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 ...
A fossil from a seagull-sized winged reptile that lived millions of years ago was found in Arizona, and the creature has now ...
Fossils of the pterosaur were discovered in Petrified Forest National Park. The fossils date back 209 million years.
The large flying reptiles known as pterosaur preyed on primitive fish that would have hard scale armour covering them.
Scientists identify the oldest flying reptile in North America, discovered in Arizona and dating 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 ...
The fossil, named Youti yuanshi, dates back over 520 million years, during the Cambrian period, a crucial era for the evolution of modern animal groups. This fossil belongs to the euarthropods group, ...
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 ...
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 ...