These pterosaurs soared over South America during the middle of the Cretaceous period, more than a hundred million years ago. At that time a large saltwater lagoon covered the Araripe area ...

Short video about new research that has found it was the babies of giant pterosaurs - known as flaplings - who overshadowed their small adult rivals. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

These animals included basically all Cretaceous pterosaurs and the largest flying animals ever, such as Quetzalcoatlus, which reached wingspans of 12 m or more. The transition from the basal forms ...

A fossil from one of the largest dinosaurs to live in North America was discovered in a national park in Texas.

pterosaurs and hairy-feathered birds filled the skies. But as the continents spread, the ocean currents churned with ever more vigor. After a temperature spike in the mid-Cretaceous, the climate ...

Although this would be small for a Cretaceous pterosaur, it’s absolutely huge for a Jurassic one. “This fossil is also particularly special because it is one of the first records of this type ...

It's not clear why some dinosaurs and pterosaurs, such as Quetzalcoatlus, got so large during the Cretaceous Period. Some think it could be related to what gases were in the atmosphere, while others ...

Our pterosaur collection does not include any material from the Triassic, but has specimens from most stages of the Jurassic and Cretaceous.

Named Guidraco venator for “ghost dragon hunter,” a 120 million-year-old fossil skull appears most closely related to pterosaurs found in Brazil. Amid cuts to federal funding, US universities tighten ...

The cylindrical pterosaur fossil, nicknamed “Satsuma ... discovered it in the Goshoura strata from the Cretaceous Period (about 100 million years ago) on the coast of Shishijima island in ...