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Rare 95 million-year-old flying reptile Aetodactylus halli is new genus, species of pterosaur

(PhysOrg.com) -- A 95 million-year-old fossilized jaw discovered in Texas has been identified as a new genus and species of flying reptile, Aetodactylus halli.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 26, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Experts reaffirm asteroid impact caused mass extinction 65 million years ago (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Responding to challenges to the hypothesis that an asteroid impact caused a mass extinction on Earth 65 million years, a panel of 41 scientists re-analyzed data and provided new evidence, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 04, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (20) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Flying dinosaur controversy resolved

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research appears to have ended a scientific debate that has vexed palaeontologists for almost 100 years.

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created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (17) | comments 2

Ancient Flying Pterosaur Also Sailed Seas (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tapejara was an excellent flyer that also had an innate nautical knowledge of sailing.

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created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 0

'Missing link' pterosaur found in China

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international group of researchers from the University of Leicester (UK), and the Geological Institute, Beijing (China) have identified a new type of flying reptile - providing the first ...

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created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Air-filled bones helped prehistoric reptiles take first flight

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the Mesozoic Era, 70 million years before birds first conquered the skies, pterosaurs dominated the air with sparrow- to Cessna-sized wingspans. Researchers suspected that these extinct ...

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created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 10

Four, three, two, one... pterosaurs have lift off

Pterosaurs have long suffered an identity crisis. Pop culture heedlessly — and wrongly — lumps these extinct flying lizards in with dinosaurs. Even paleontologists assumed that because the creatures flew, they were birdlike ...

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created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 2


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