pterosaur

Pterosaur fossil from Scotland is largest Jurassic flier ever found

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A 170-million-year-old pterosaur found on the Isle of Skye off the north-west coast of Scotland had a wingspan of about 2.5 metres, making it the largest known winged reptile from the Jurassic Life 22 February 2022 By Christa Lesté-Lasserre An artist’s impression of a new pterosaur from Scotland (Dearc sgiathanach) flying away from a predatory … Read more

Scientists Unearth The Ancient Bones of The Largest Jurassic Pterosaur Ever Found

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During low tide on Scotland’s Isle of Skye, a graduate student hunting for dinosaur bones looked down at the coastal rocks and made the discovery of a lifetime: the remains of the largest pterosaur on record from the Jurassic period.   Since collecting the specimen in 2017 – an eventful excavation that involved cutting out … Read more

The Largest Known Flying Animal Was Even Weirder Than We Thought

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The pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus northropi is the largest known flying animal to have ever existed, living on Earth more than 67 million years ago. Now new research on the creature and its newly discovered smaller relative, Quetzalcoatlus lawsoni, gives us a better idea of how Q. northropi flew and got airborne to begin with.   Our knowledge of Q. … Read more