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 ...

Paleontologists know the bone bed as PFV 393. The late fossil preparator Bill Amaral found the site in 2011 on a field trip ...

A groundbreaking discovery in Arizona’s Petrified Forest reveals North America’s oldest pterosaur.

A gull-sized flying reptile has emerged from fossil-rich layers of Arizona’s Petrified Forest, revealing the earliest known ...

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Paleontologists have uncovered in Arizona a Triassic treasure trove of fossils dating back 209 million years ago.

Eotephradactylus mcintireae’ is the oldest-known flying reptile from the continent and roamed the skies 209 million years ago ...

The 209-million-year-old fossil offers clues to the evolution of the reptiles, which have more than 150 named species ...

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

The new type of pterosaur, named Eotephradactylus mcintireae, was identified by a Smithsonian-led research team, according to ...