Tag Archive for 'Darwinoptera'

Life restoration of two Skiphosoura bavarica in flight. Image credit: Gabriel Ugueto.

Jurassic Pterosaur Had Unusually Short, but Stiff and Pointed Tail

Nov 18, 2024 by News Staff

Skiphosoura bavarica, a species of pterosaur that lived around 149 million years ago in what is now southern Germany, bridges the gaps between the early...

An artist’s reconstruction of Ceoptera evansae. Image credit: Mark Witton / Natural History Museum, London.

New Pterosaur Species Identified from Skye Fossils

Feb 5, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of pterosaur has been identified from the fossilized material found in the Kilmaluag Formation of the Isle of Skye, Scotland. An...

Life reconstruction of Kunpengopterus antipollicatus in the Tiaojishan paleoforest; opposed pollex depicted as being utilized in handling food items (a palaeontinid) and in clinging to trees (a ginkgo). Image credit: Chuang Zhao.

Small Jurassic Pterosaur Had an Opposed Thumb

Apr 13, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Opposed thumbs are adaptations to arboreal life and rare for non-mammal vertebrates; Kunpengopterus antipollicatus, a newly-discovered species of arboreal...