At a remote bone bed in Arizona, dense with fossils dating back around 209 million years, a Smithsonian-led team of researchers has discovered North America’s oldest known pterosaur, according to a news release.
At a remote bone bed in Arizona, dense with fossils dating back around 209 million years, a Smithsonian-led team of researchers has discovered North America’s oldest known pterosaur, according to a news release ....
the pterosaur. The discovery of the oldest flying vertebrate in North America by a group of researchers fills a gap in the fossil record proving that pterosaurs coexisted with frogs, turtles and older groups of animals like giant amphibians.
Researchers at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History recently used advanced scanning tools to study the specimen, revealing it belonged to a previously unknown species of pterosaur.
A newly identified pterosaur fossil from Arizona is now the oldest ever found in North America, offering rare insight into ancient life.Credit... Arizona pterosaur fossil offers rare glimpse into the distant past.
A single deposit has produced a wealth of fossils revealing the late Triassic ecosystem, where giant amphibians cohabited with newcomers, including turtles and pterosaurs ... The pterosaur would have been ...