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Scientists have identified a flying reptile species that lived around 209 million years ago, during the Late Triassic period.
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 ...
This ancient reptile’s jawbone was unearthed in Arizona in 2011 and was confirmed to be a new species with the aid of modern ...
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 ...
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences introduced Eotephradactylus mcintireae, the earliest pterosaur yet found in North America and among the oldest recorded ...