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Pterosaurs Had Teen Sex These were the first flying vertebrates, and the largest: some had a wingspan of over 10 m (33 ft). But pterosaurs were precocious also from other points of view: they had teen sex, before reaching full size. These are the results of a research published in the journal Biology Letters, which analyzed the growth rings...	13 March 2008 04:06 GMT

New Tiny Pterosaurs, a Missing Link Besides birds and bats, the only true flying vertebrates ever were a group of reptiles contemporaneous to dinosaurs, called pterosaurs. They were the first flying vertebrates (appeared 215 million years ago) that had wings make of skin similar to those of bats, but sustained only by one finger. Pterosaurs had the bod...	12 February 2008 02:46 GMT

The Huge Flying Hairy Reptiles Did Not Skim The skies during the dinosaur era were not dominated by birds, like it happens in our times, but by huge prehistoric hairy flying reptiles called pterosaurs. Many of them were fish-eaters and are often pictured as skimming along the surface of water while flying with their mouths open, fishing the way modern skimmers...	24 July 2007 06:15 GMT

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