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Scientists have identified a flying reptile species that lived around 209 million years ago, during the Late Triassic period.
The large flying reptiles known as pterosaur preyed on primitive fish that would have hard scale armour covering them.
At a remote bone bed in Arizona, dense with fossils dating back around 209 million years, a Smithsonian-led team of ...
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 ...
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 gull-sized flying reptile has emerged from fossil-rich layers of Arizona’s Petrified Forest, revealing the earliest known ...
Scientists identify the oldest flying reptile in North America, discovered in Arizona and dating back 209 million years.
An artist's depiction of a landscape from 209 million years ago at Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, based on fossils of plants and animals ...