A group of paleontologists discovered a large, well-preserved pterosaur on a rocky beach off the coast of Scotland. Boasting roughly an 8-foot wingspan, the ancient reptile is the largest of its kind ...

The fossil of a 170-million-year-old pterosaur, described as the world's best-preserved skeleton of the prehistoric winged reptile, has been found on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, scientists said ...

The “Dragon of Death” might sound like something right out of Game of Thrones‘ prequel House of the Dragon. But this dragon is actually an ancient creature recently discovered in Argentina’s Andes ...

For all the attention pterosaurs receive, we’ve uncovered very little about their actual lives. These magnificent beasts appeared in the Triassic period as Earth’s first flying vertebrates. And a ...

Paleontologists on the Isle of Skye in Scotland have unearthed the largest pterosaur known from the Jurassic period.

LONDON — The fossil of a 170 million-year-old pterosaur, described as the world's best-preserved skeleton of the prehistoric winged reptile, has been found on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, scientists ...

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(CNN) — Well-preserved fossils of ancient large reptiles called pterosaurs have revealed that some species flew by flapping their wings, while others soared like vultures, according to a new study.

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