Study determines when and how pterosaurs went from tiny tree-climbers to towering terrestrial titans

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Oct 4, 2024, 11:00 am65 pts
The evolutionary adaptations that allowed ancient pterosaurs to grow to enormous sizes have been pinpointed for the first time by paleontologists in the Center for Paleobiology and Biosphere Evolution at the University of Leicester.

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