A study led by the University of Leicester has linked fossilized tracks of flying reptiles to the specific animals that ...

By using 3D modelling, detailed analysis, and comparisons with pterosaur skeletons, the team has shown that at least three different types of tracks match up with distinct groups of pterosaurs.

Ancient tracks reveal that many pterosaurs were just as comfortable walking on the ground as they were flying through the skies during the age of dinosaurs, a new study finds. Pterosaurs ...

“Vultures soar, rather than flap.” How and why the two different pterosaur species evolved at a similar time and location to have such different bone structures remains a mystery and is up for ...

The results of the research, published Friday in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, shed light on a remarkable and unexpected finding: Not only could giant pterosaurs fly, but different ...

“Pterosaurs are winged reptiles that possessed a wing made of a membrane of skin, so in some ways they resemble a bat but they are very different and otherworldly in terms of the shape of their ...

But the pterosaurs that lived at the beginning of the Jurassic period look different from those alive 55 million years later, according to a July 4 study published in the journal Palaeontologia ...

The discovery marks the first known member of a new genus and is expected to provide important clues for studying the evolutionary process of pterosaurs ... It is different from those in China ...

The study uncovered three distinct types of pterosaur footprints, each shedding light on different lifestyles and behaviors. By linking footprints to specific groups, scientists now have a ...