A Jurassic pterosaur fossil, known to paleontologists for over 160 years, isn’t a new species. It is an odd specimen of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri.

By Freda Kreier Around 76 million years ago, something took a bite out of a young pterosaur. Pterosaurs were large, flying reptiles that roamed our planet’s skies when dinosaurs ruled the Earth.

Remains discovered in Germany in 2015 have now been identified as a new pterosaur fossil, solving a mystery that has persisted for 200 years.. Credit: public domain CC0 Well-preserved remains found in ...

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The juvenile pterosaur vertebra, discovered in Dinosaur Provincial Park, approximately 170 kilometres southeast of Drumheller, bears a circular four-millimetre-wide puncture mark from a crocodilian ...

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Pterosaur vertebra with crocodilian bite found in Alberta Evidence sheds light on predator-prey dynamics in the Cretaceous Period Juvenile Cryodrakon boreas vertebra damaged by ancient crocodilian ...

credit: University of Reading, released. 76 million years ago, a young pterosaur dropped down from the skies to the water’s edge. Perhaps looking for a snack in the form of a prehistoric fish ...