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.
Remains discovered in Germany in 2015 have now been identified as a new pterosaur fossil, solving a mystery that has persisted for 200 years.. Credit: public domain CC0 Well-preserved remains found in ...
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.
Pterosaur vertebra with crocodilian bite found in Alberta Evidence sheds light on predator-prey dynamics in the Cretaceous Period Juvenile Cryodrakon boreas vertebra damaged by ancient crocodilian ...
The juvenile pterosaur vertebra, discovered in Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, bears a circular four-millimetre-wide puncture mark from a crocodilian tooth. Researchers from the Royal Tyrrell ...
credit: University of Reading, released. 76 million years ago, a young pterosaur dropped down from the skies to the water’s edge. Perhaps looking for a snack in the form of a prehistoric fish ...
Scientists studying one of the largest pterosaur fossils ever found and identified have concluded that these animals were likely more diverse in the Jurassic than the fossil record suggests.
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 ...
Pterosaurs were able to fly thanks to a sail-like vane at the end of their long tails, scientists have discovered (Natalia J/PA) Pterosaurs were able to fly thanks to large sail-like “vanes ...