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Discovery of Flying Reptile Suggests Jurassic Skies Were Busier Than We Thought
Paleontologists found a fossilized pterosaur—a flying reptile that lived alongside the dinosaurs—fittingly on Scotland’s Isle of Skye. Dubbed Ceoptera evansae, the 165-million-year-old pterosaur is the second one found in Scotland to date and it could clue researchers into how pterosaurs diversified. Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight, which they used to occupy…
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Meet The ‘Cold Dragon Of The North Winds,’ A Gigantic Canadian Pterosaur
An updated analysis of a 77-million-year-old fossil found in Alberta, Canada has resulted in the creation of a new genus and species of pterosaur. The newly named flying reptile, dubbed Cryodrakon boreas, featured an impressive 10 metre wingspan (but probably not the Canadian flag colours depicted above).