Pterosaurs were an amazing group of flying reptiles that occupied the skies around the same time that dinosaurs roamed on land. Appearing in the fossil record around 230 million years ago, pterosaurs ...

In the smooth limestone area of southern Germany, where lagoons glittered beneath a tropical sun, scientists are studying two tiny fossils, speaking across 150 million years. These remains are from ...

Birds are famous for their colorful feathers, which they use to fly, flirt and keep warm. But long before avians ever flapped their wings, flying reptiles called pterosaurs seized the skies. Among ...

New perspectives on pterosaur palaeobiology / D. W. W. Hone, M. P. Witton & D. M. Martill -- Pterosaurs in Mesozoic food webs: a review of fossil evidence / M. P. Witton -- Using three-dimensional, ...

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Unlike in the advanced labs under the watchful eye of Jurassic Park scientists on the fictional Isla Nublar, much of paleontology isn’t so glamorous. From days spent in remote desert landscapes to ...