Scientists studying one of the largest pterosaur fossils ever found and identified have concluded that these animals were likely more diverse in the Jurassic than the fossil record suggests.

That’s the common name given to the first pterosaur discovered in the 18th century. Scientists have since described more than 200 pterosaur species, but popular notions about pterosaurs—the ...

NAGASHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture--A fossil of a pterosaur, a flying reptile from about 100 million years ago, has been discovered in Kagoshima Prefecture for the first time, according to Nagashima ...

Researchers have discovered a hidden network of microscopic canals inside of pterosaur wing bones that may inspire new ...

Nathan Pili, a PhD student, used advanced CT techniques to study pterosaur bones, which could lead to revolutionary new ...

As it draws near, the primeval pterosaur transforms into an ordinary brown pelican. Keven Padian, a paleontologist at the University of California, Berkeley, stands on the beach gazing at the ...

Photo: Courtesy of Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences A new ...

China has emerged as a global hotspot for pterosaur research, with a series of discoveries that have advanced the study of ...

The microarchitecture of fossil pterosaur bones could hold the key to lighter, stronger materials for the next generation of aircraft, new research has found. Scientists from The University of ...

Computed tomography (CT) scan of the skull of Anhanguera, a112-million-year-old pterosaur from Brazil. Our pterosaur collection contains approximately 1,000 specimens and casts, from isolated ...