Now, a newly discovered pterosaur species is helping explain this leap from a smaller to larger wingspan size and other ...

Scientists have unearthed a well-preserved fossil skeleton of this newly identified species, named Skiphosoura bavarica, in a ...

A complete specimen reveals how pterosaurs evolved from early forms into the massive giants of later periods. The pterosaurs ...

一个完整的标本揭示了翼龙是如何从早期形态进化成后来的巨大庞然大物的。翼龙是已经灭绝的飞行爬行动物，与它们的近亲恐龙生活在一起。 最大的翼龙翼展可达 10 米，而早期的翼龙翼展通常只有 2 米左右。 在Current ...

The new species, named Skiphosoura bavarica, was identified by a team led by Dr David Hone, a palaeontologist from Queen Mary ...

Nearly every bone of the animal has been recovered, and unlike most pterosaur fossils, this specimen is preserved in three ...

Skiphosoura represents a critical step beyond the Darwinopterus. Its head and neck resemble the more advanced pterodactyloids ...

Found in southern Germany, the fossil is notable for being nearly complete and preserved in three dimensions—a rarity in ...

For 200 years, palaeontologists split the pterosaurs into two major groups, the early non-pterodactyloids and the later and ...

By Stephen Beech via SWNS An "incredible" new fossil find has revealed the dramatic evolution of flying reptiles that lived ...