Tag: pterosaur

New research brings together 7,000 years of history in South Arabia to show how ancient pastoralists changed placement and construction of monuments over time in the face of environmental and cultural forces. In a study published today...
Sixty-five miles southwest of Chicago, a small hill that looks like a prop from an Indiana Jones movie breaks up the flat, monotone landscape. Consisting of shale, sandstone and rocks from an old coal mine, the...

A 149 million-year-old pterosaur is Britain’s largest flying animal—scientists prove it from a finger bone

Scientists have estimated the size of an extinct flying reptile called a pterosaur, based on fragments of a fossil finger bone discovered in southern...

100-million-year-old bones reveal new species of pterosaur

New Curtin University-led research has identified 100-million-year-old fossilized bones discovered in western Queensland, Australia as belonging to a newly identified species of pterosaur, which...

New pterosaur species found in sub-Saharan Africa

With wings spanning nearly 16 feet, a new species of pterosaurs has been identified from the Atlantic coast of Angola. An international team, including two...

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