During the Mesozoic Era, while dinosaurs ruled the land and giant marine reptiles dominated the oceans, the skies were filled with another kind of reptile – the pterosaurs. Pterosaurs – or ...

Remains discovered in Germany in 2015 have now been identified as a new pterosaur fossil, solving a mystery that has persisted for 200 years.. Credit: public domain CC0 Well-preserved remains found in ...

Paleontologists have discovered the fossilized remains of a pterosaur from 76 million years ago—bearing a bite mark from an ancient relative of the crocodile.. The flying reptile, represented by ...

A Jurassic pterosaur fossil, known to paleontologists for over 160 ... D.W.E. Hone and S.N. McDavid/PeerJ2025 Silhouettes depict reconstructions of size and wingspan from fossil specimens of ...

Pterosaurs were an incredibly diverse group of reptiles, with sizes ranging from sparrow-like creatures to giants with wingspans exceeding modern airplanes. Their fossil record reveals a variety of ...

A newly identified species of pterosaur has provided critical insights into the evolutionary changes that shaped these ancient flying reptiles, bridging the gap between early species and their ...

Well-preserved fossils of ancient large reptiles called pterosaurs have revealed that some species flew by flapping their wings, while others soared like vultures, according to a new study.

New pterosaur remains from the Late Cretaceous of Afro-Arabia provide insight into flight capacity of large pterosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , 2024; DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2024. ...

Pterosaurs took to the sky some 80 million years before birds and bats. During their 150-million-year reign from the Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous periods, they conquered all continents ...

A new species of pterosaur has been discovered on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The winged reptile, named Ceoptera evansae, lived between 168 to 166 million years ago during the Middle Jurassic ...