#Fossil study brings us one step closer to revealing how pterosaurs took flight https://theconversation.com/fossil-study-brings-us-one-step-closer-to-revealing-how-flying-dinosaurs-took-flight-196086

Scleromochlus and the early #evolution of #Pterosauromorpha https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05284-x

#Schleromochlus was either the earliest member of the #lagerpetids or a close relative of the #pterosaurs – even closer than other lagerpetids. Either way, this places Schleromochlus closer to the origin of pterosaurs than other lagerpetids. It also shared skull features with later pterosaurs.

Fossil study brings us one step closer to revealing how 'flying dinosaurs' took flight

Prehistoric reptiles like pterodactyls took flight long before bats and birds, but we don’t know how it happened.

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