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North America's oldest known pterosaur unearthed in Petrified Forest National Park

A Smithsonian-led team of researchers have discovered North America's oldest known pterosaur, the winged reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs and were the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight.

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Pterosaur fossils discovered in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park

Fossils of the pterosaur were discovered in Petrified Forest National Park. The fossils date back 209 million years.

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A Bone Bed From the Dawn of the Dinosaurs Has Revealed the Oldest Known Pterosaur Found in North America

Paleontologists know the bone bed as PFV 393. The late fossil preparator Bill Amaral found the site in 2011 on a field trip to unearth new fossils that might provide information about the origins of organisms we see around us today,

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US team discovers winged reptile that took powered flight with early dinosaurs

Smithsonian scientists have uncovered North America’s oldest known pterosaur from a 209-million-year-old bonebed in Arizona’s ...

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Petrified Forest National Park is worth visiting all on its own - USA TODAY

Petrified Forest National Park may not ring a bell, even though more than half a million people visited last year, according to National Park Service data. “People come to Petrified Forest ...

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Why Petrified Forest National Park deserves to be a destination, not just a detour - AOL

Petrified Forest National Park may not ring a bell, even though more than half a million people visited last year, according to National Park Service data. The park is right off Interstate 40 ...