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Stories about: pterosaurs

New, Flying Dinosaur Preyed on Other Flying Reptiles Researchers in China and the United Kingdom have identified the first convincing set of pieces of evidence hinting at an unusual and controversial type of evolution, when they have discovered the remains of a peculiar flying lizard. The animal seems to have been in the habit of hunting other flying creatures during i... 14 October 2009 18:11 GMT Pterosaurs Preferred Landing on Prehistoric 'Runways' Paleontologists have recently managed to uncover a first-of-its-kind prehistoric "runway" for pterosaurs, the ancient, bird-like animals. The tracks, found at a location dubbed Pterosaur Beach, in southwestern France, are the first evidence to show how these animals landed, which is something that is apparently very ... 19 August 2009 06:46 GMT Pterosaurs Used All Four Legs for Take-Off A researcher at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) School of Medicine argues in a recent study, published in the journal Zitteliana, that pterosaurs, the giant 500 pound (roughly 250 kilograms)-heavy flying reptiles that lived from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous Period, between 220 and 65.5 million ye... 7 January 2009 02:46 GMT