A cache of Triassic fossils in Arizona has revealed Eotephradactylus mcintireae, or "ash-winged dawn goddess," the oldest pterosaur ever discovered in North America.

China-Brazil study of rare fossilised reptile stomach reveals first evidence that ancient winged creatures enjoyed munching ...

A remarkable finding has surfaced in the colorful, fossil-rich badlands of Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park: North ...

Pterosaur tracks reveal flying reptiles were comfortable on land, too 'Ash-winged dawn goddess' is oldest pterosaur ever discovered in North America — and it was small enough to sit 'on your ...

Paleontologists know the bone bed as PFV 393. The late fossil preparator Bill Amaral found the site in 2011 on a field trip ...

The gull-sized pterosaur was found at the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona along with hundreds of other fossils dating back 209 million years—to the late Triassic period,—filling a gap in the ...

Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park has done it again. The famed fossil-rich ground has provided paleontologists a ...

The fossil also reveals the animal’s large blade-shaped chin crest. The pterosaur’s forelimbs would have unfolded to an impressive 2.7-metre wingspan.

A pterosaur from the species Ningchengopterus Liuae, with a wingspan of around 6 inches, was probably only a few days old when it drowned in a lake in what is now Inner Mongolia.

Beak bone reveals pterosaur like no other Date: October 14, 2020 Source: University of Portsmouth Summary: A new species of small pterosaur - similar in size to a turkey - has been discovered ...

Paleontologists on the Isle of Skye in Scotland have unearthed the largest pterosaur known from the Jurassic period.