By Freda Kreier Around 76 million years ago, something took a bite out of a young pterosaur. Pterosaurs were large, flying reptiles that roamed our planet’s skies when dinosaurs ruled the Earth.

Paleontologists have discovered the fossilized remains of a pterosaur from 76 million years ago—bearing a bite mark from an ancient relative of the crocodile. The flying reptile, represented by ...

A fossilized neck bone of a juvenile Azhdarchid pterosaur from Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, shows a puncture mark from a crocodilian bite, dating back 76 million years.