The oldest Pterodactylus specimen was found near Painten, Germany. The fossil is about one million years older than other Pterodactylus specimens. The specimen is a complete, well-preserved skeleton ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist’s impression of a tiny Pterodactylus hatchling struggling against a raging tropical storm about 150 million years ago By ...

Growth stages of Pterodactylus. From tiny ‘flaplings’ no larger than a sparrow, most known specimens represent ‘teenagers’ comparable in size to a pigeon. Fully grown individuals boasted impressive ...

A stunning fossil find has revealed two baby pterosaurs that were struck down mid-flight in a "catastrophic" tropical storm 150 million years ago. Researchers carried out an animal post-mortem ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Italian Cosimo Alessandro Collini (1727-1806) ...

Pterosaurs, the flying reptiles of the dinosaur era, originated in the Late Triassic (227 million years ago) and became extinct at the end-Cretaceous extinction event (66 million years ago). With wing ...

A new study finds nearly 50 hidden relatives of Pterodactylus, the first pterosaur. Joined by its newly discovered relatives, Pterodactylus's 'family' now encompasses tiny flaplings, a host of ...

Scientists perform postmortem examinations on two fossils Two Pterodactylus hatchlings had identical wing fractures They lived 150 million years ago during Jurassic Period Sept 19 (Reuters) - A ...

(Reuters) - A tropical storm was brewing over a chain of islands on the edge of the vast Tethys Ocean - the ancient predecessor to the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea - one day roughly 150 million ...