Most people respond to the word ‘pterosaurs’ with a puzzled expression, until you add, ‘like pterodactyls.’ That’s the common name given to the first pterosaur discovered in the 18th ...

A Jurassic pterosaur fossil, known to paleontologists for over 160 years, isn’t a new species. It is an odd specimen of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri.

"Since pterosaur bones are hollow ... "The struts found in Inabtanin were cool to see, though not unusual," says Dr.

Despite living hundreds of millions of years apart, pterosaurs may be more similar to modern-day birds than previously thought. Structures in the bones of these giant reptiles suggest the largest ...