A new species of pterosaur from specimens found on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, has been announced by scientists from the Natural History Museum, University of Bristol, University of Leicester, and University of Liverpool.
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New pterosaur species with hundreds of tiny hooked teeth discovered
An unusual new species of pterosaur has been identified, which had over 400 teeth that looked like the prongs of a nit comb.
Pterosaur discovery solves ancient feather mystery
Flying reptiles could change the colour of their feathers, research finds.
UNDER STRICT EMBARGO: Giant lizards learnt to fly over millions of years
A new study, ‘150 million years of sustained increase in pterosaur flight efficiency’, published in the journal Nature has shown that pterosaurs – a group of creatures that became Earth’s first flying vertebrates – evolved to improve their flight performance over their 150 million-year existence, before going extinct at the same time as dinosaurs 66 million years ago.