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The large flying reptiles known as pterosaur preyed on primitive fish that would have hard scale armour covering them.
Fossils of the pterosaur were discovered in Petrified Forest National Park. The fossils date back 209 million years.
Scientists identify the oldest flying reptile in North America, discovered in Arizona and dating back 209 million years.
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 ...
The remains of the pterosaur, roughly the size of a small seagull, and the other creatures were discovered in Petrified Forest National Park, a place famous for producing fossils of plants and animals ...
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 ...
A groundbreaking discovery in Arizona’s Petrified Forest reveals North America’s oldest pterosaur.
Ben Kligman, a Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow and paleontologist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, ...
Researchers were able to date the fossil of the flying reptile, a close cousin of dinosaurs, back to more than 209 million ...
Paleontologists have uncovered in Arizona a Triassic treasure trove of fossils dating back 209 million years ago.
Found deep in the backcountry of the Petrified Forest National Park and uncovered by a volunteer in Washington, the specimen helps fill gaps in the fossil record.