Fossilized vomit reveals a surprise flying pterosaur in Brazil, offering new insight into how ancient reptiles lived and fed ...

In northeastern Brazil, a fossil that had quietly sat in a museum for decades has now rewritten a small part of the history ...

Kay Behrensmeyer, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, is shown in Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park. Photo by Ben Kligman A fossil from a ...

The fossils were uncovered at a remote bonebed in present-day Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park. They date back to the late Triassic period and offer paleontologists a snapshot of an ecosystem ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The pterosaurs that flew across prehistoric skies while dinosaurs ...

In a fossil-rich region of northeastern China, a well-preserved specimen of an ancient flying reptile has brought new clarity to a long-standing question in palaeontology. For decades, researchers ...

"'Some pterosaurs would flap, others would soar' -- new study further confirms the flight capability of these giants of the skies." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 09 / ...

As a small mammal foraging around in the leafy undergrowth during the Jurassic period, you would always be on the lookout. Reptilian predators were everywhere during the age of the dinosaurs, but the ...

Around 110 million years ago, an apparent dinosaur ate two pterosaurs and four fish and, for whatever reason, threw them back up. A rare mix of geological conditions preserved this dinosaur vomit for ...

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of pterosaur in Australia. The fossilized remains of the flying reptile, which lived among the dinosaurs, were discovered in western Queensland.

The new species had features from early and late Jurassic period pterosaurs, a study says. Spindler, Frederik (2024) Palaeontologia Electronica As a small mammal foraging around in the leafy ...