Christmas is the time for families to come together, and in the midst of the festive season, University of Leicester ...

A new study finds nearly 50 hidden relatives of Pterodactylus, the first pterosaur. Joined by its newly discovered relatives, Pterodactylus's 'family' now encompasses tiny flaplings, a host of ...

The oldest Pterodactylus specimen was found near Painten, Germany. The fossil is about one million years older than other Pterodactylus specimens. The specimen is a complete, well-preserved skeleton ...

Researchers observes what exactly happens at beginning of possible endosymbiosis ...

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A revisit to a pterosaur-abundant fossil site uncovered how two baby pterosaurs met an unusually chilling death 150 million years ago. Reading time 3 minutes The Solnhofen Limestone, a fossil hotspot ...

Scientists at the University of Leicester have uncovered two remarkable new fossils, tiny prehistoric pterosaurs with broken wings. University of Leicester paleontologists have uncovered the ...

A stunning fossil find has revealed two baby pterosaurs that were struck down mid-flight in a "catastrophic" tropical storm 150 million years ago. Researchers carried out an animal post-mortem ...

Pterosaurs, the flying reptiles of the dinosaur era, originated in the Late Triassic (227 million years ago) and became extinct at the end-Cretaceous extinction event (66 million years ago). With wing ...

Growth stages of Pterodactylus. From tiny ‘flaplings’ no larger than a sparrow, most known specimens represent ‘teenagers’ comparable in size to a pigeon. Fully grown individuals boasted impressive ...