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Unwin and Deeming argued that the thin shells of the recently discovered pterosaur eggs suggest that they were buried after laying rather than "brooded" like birds and pop cultural portrayals. [17] Bennett published a study on the anatomy and evolution of the pterosaur wing. [133] Steel published a study on the histology of pterosaur bones. [133]
Pteranodon (/ t ə ˈ r æ n ə d ɒ n /; from Ancient Greek: πτερόν, romanized: pteron ' wing ' and ἀνόδων, anodon ' toothless ') [2] [better source needed] is a genus of pterosaur that included some of the largest known flying reptiles, with P. longiceps having a wingspan of over 6 m (20 ft).
Timeline showing the development of the extinct reptilian order Pterosauria from its appearance in the late Triassic period to its demise at the end of the Cretaceous, together with an alphabetical listing of pterosaur species and their geological ages.
A crocodile-like creature bit the neck of a flying dinosaur some 76 million years ago – and scientists have proof.. Archaeologists found the fossilized neck bone of the young pterosaur in Canada ...
William Buckland described the new species Pterodactylus macronyx based on fossil remains discovered by Mary Anning in December the previous year from the Lias Group of the Dorset Coast of England. These were the first scientifically documented pterosaurs to be discovered outside of the Solnhofen lithographic limestone .
A few years ago, Maria McNamara was invited to Brussels by fellow paleontologist Pascal Godefroit and presented with an intriguing opportunity.
Pterosaurs, cousins of the dinosaurs, were the first of three vertebrate groups to achieve powered flight, followed by birds about 150 million years ago and bats around 50 million years ago.
The first known pterosaur eggs were found in the quarries of Liaoning, the same place that yielded feathered dinosaurs, and in Loma del Pterodaustro (Lagarcito Formation, Argentina). The eggs from Liaoning were squashed flat with no signs of cracking, so evidently the eggs had leathery shells, as in modern lizards. [ 192 ]