A 149 million-year-old pterosaur is Britain's largest flying animal—scientists prove it from a finger bone

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Sep 12, 2024, 12:32 pm181 pts
Scientists have estimated the size of an extinct flying reptile called a pterosaur, based on fragments of a fossil finger bone discovered in southern England in June 2022. These results reveal it to be the largest British pterosaur yet described, and the second-largest Jurassic pterosaur worldwide.

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