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PTEROSAURS
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Dec 18, 2018
Wondrous extinct flying pterosaurs sported rudimentary feathers, China fossil study reveals
A microscopic examination of fossils from China has revealed that the fur-like body covering of pterosaurs, the remarkable flying reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs, was actually made up of rudimentary feathers.
WORLD
Aug 16, 2013
Flying reptiles that weren¡¯t so scary after all
For most of us, ¡°pterodactyls¡± are large, vicious and ugly gargoyles with leathery wings and jaws lined with savage teeth, the sort of disreputable brutes we find in Arthur Conan Doyle¡¯s ¡°The Lost World,¡± the ¡°Jurassic Park¡± franchise ¡ª even a recent episode of ¡°Doctor Who.¡±
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