About 150 million years ago powerful storm winds buffeted two young pterosaurs, snapping forelimb bones in their fragile wings and sending them hurtling to their deaths in the muddy depths of a lagoon ...

Tucked away in a remote bonebed in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park laid hundreds of fossils, including a fragile jawbone belonging to one of the oldest-known flying reptiles: the pterosaur.

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 larger, ...

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Scientists identified new structures in the tail vanes of the prehistoric flying reptiles. By Elizabeth Landau Above the shores of prehistoric seas and lakes, pterosaurs roamed the skies. They were ...

Two baby pterosaurs that died 150 million years ago have helped scientists uncover the prehistoric event that claimed their lives and shaped their preservation. Researchers from the University of ...

The fossilized neck bone of a flying reptile unearthed in Canada shows tell-tale signs of being bitten by a crocodile-like creature 76 million years ago, according to a new study. The fossilised neck ...

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 ...

A puncture in the fossilized neck of a winged reptile that flew with the dinosaurs suggests the creature became a feast for a crocodile ancestor. By Freda Kreier Around 76 million years ago, something ...