Triassic Pterosaur Found in Utah

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200-million year old Pterosaur 'built for flying'

August 13, 2018 by Marlowe Hood, PhysOrg

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-million-year-pterosaur-built.html

 

Rare Desert Pterosaur Fossil Discovered in Utah

The rare Triassic fossil is the most complete early 

pterosaur ever found, and gives new insight into 

the evolution of the first flying vertebrates

By Jason Daley, Smithsonian Magazine,  Aug. 14, 2018

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-desert-pterosaur-fossil-discovered-utah-180969995/

 

Oldest pterodactyl fossil discovered in Utah desert

Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, Aug. 13, 2018 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2018/08/13/fossil-oldest-pterodactyl-discovered-utah-desert/977979002/

 

Brooks B. Britt et al. Caelestiventus hanseni gen. 

et sp. nov. extends the desert-dwelling pterosaur 

record back 65 million years, Nature Ecology & 

Evolution (2018). DOI: 10.1038/s41559-018-0627

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-018-0627-y

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.